Hi y’all, i used to be so prolific at the whole pc building thing. but now i’m out of the game with age and not buying stuff in a while. so here’s my question:

my PC is fine and i upgraded parts of it during the years. but it may be time for a new motherboard, since mine only supports 32gb of RAM which isnt enough anymore.

what do I need to do to replace my motherboard? I guess, i’d have to re-install everything, right? Isn’t windows and all the software kinda bound to my motherboard?

since i’m fine with my 2060Super, i guess getting a new PC is not worth it, my case and hard drives are fine. i will need new RAM and SSDs. So what should I look for in a motherboard?

thanks for reading this ramble

  • Donut@leminal.space
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    5 months ago

    Why isn’t 32GB of RAM enough anymore? Is there anything you do with your PC that requires 64GB?

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      5 months ago

      well, even 2 years ago, my Pc couldn’t run some games smoothly that eat ram. i was a pretty prolific cities skylines player and that thing EATS ram like nobody’s business.