Compatible upgrade help Please

Dr_Ken

I have the following: Motherboard - ASUSB150M-C; ICU - Intel i76700 @ 3.4 GHz; Kingston Ram 16Gb x 2; Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB. I need to speed up and wish to be compatible with Windows 11. I am thinkinbg Ryzen 5900. Any suggestions on a mother board (Maybe ~$300 with WiFi and Bluetooth)? Will my RAM be compatible?

Thank you.

Ian

Hello! Our guide here on Community for picking out a motherboard is a great resource for common questions and suggestions regarding the how-to's of picking out a great motherboard!

That can be found here: https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/2683/how-to-choose-your-parts-part-3-the-motherboard

In that price range, you can look over the following AM4 motherboards as listed in this guide:

• ASRock: X570 PRO4, B550 Steel Legend
• ASUS: X570 TUF Gaming Plus,  B550-F ROG Strix, X570-P Prime
• Gigabyte: B550 Aorus Pro, X570 Aorus Elite; X570 Aorus Pro
• MSI: B550 MPG Gaming Carbon

As for your RAM, with these boards, you'd be looking at DDR4 RAM being needed. Depends on your specific model currently if it is compatible.