I was going to add more RAM, until I discovered my motherboard can only handle 16Gb. Which I already have. Disaster.

So I'm looking to purchase a motherboard + 32gb or 64gb RAM + upgrade the CPU.
I also looked up prices of stronger processors, so may aswell get that upgraded too.

Current -

intel i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 3101 Mhz, 4 Core(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

I only have a basic knowledge of hardware so I'm looking for any advice, or ideally particular models that would be a good fit. Thanks

This post was edited by Prox1m1ty on Apr 6 2022 06:32am

Your cpu will bottle neck with more ram. I think you should get a motherboard, cpu and graphics card. The asrock motherboards are my favorite of the ones I have tried.

If you looking for a cheap upgrade on motherboard and cpu try this.

- ASRock B450M PRO4 R2.0 AM4 AMD Promontory B450 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX AMD Motherboard (newegg for 79.99)
- AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - Ryzen 5 5000 Series Vermeer (Zen 3) 6-Core 3.7 GHz Socket AM4 65W Desktop Processor - 100-100000065BOX (newegg for 229.99)
- G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) AMD 3000 Compatible Intel XMP 2.0 Desktop Memory F4-3200C16D-32GTZR (newegg for 149.99)

With most motherboards you will find bottle neck while using more than 2 ram slots. If you use newegg.com make sure you toggle the "sold by newegg.com" switch

Go for asrock brand, and point at procesor i3 new gen. It's good though

Or will use the used ram, u can go for i5 4th gen