Motherboard Upgrade Help

[Wolfang]

So ive been looking into upgrading my computer, first I started looking at new GPUS, then to CPUS, finally I realized that my motherboard cant support anything lol.  So ive decided to look into upgrading my motherboard.  I got a budget of 150$ and I want it to be able to support ryzen.  I do not know much about computer hardware at all so while ive been researching I kept getting stuck.  I wanted to make sure that it can support my ram, graphics card, CPU and other hardware.  So im wondering if there is any software that can easily find compatible hardware because im kin-dove done with this.  If there isn't, id be more than happy to take any recommendations. Here is my hardware (please not that I copied this hardware from my AMD radeon settings software thing and that I dont know what much of it means as in the numbers).  Thanks in advance!

 

Radeon Software Version - 18.11.1
Radeon Software Edition - Adrenalin
Graphics Chipset - Radeon(TM) RX 460 Graphics
Memory Size - 2048 MB
Memory Type - GDDR5    (I took a computer software test thing and it said that my memory type was DDR3 so I dont know what this number is all about)
Core Clock - 1210 MHz
Windows Version - Windows 10 (64 bit)
System Memory - 8 GB
CPU Type - AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor
 

[Jurrunio]

Ryzen uses AM4 boards and DDR4 memory only, so if you upgrade the board you will need new CPU and new RAM (old stuff literally won't fit, even if you did get it to fit it won't work).

 

btw GDDR5 is GPU memory, DDR3 is CPU memory (which is DDR3 for FX)

[Shiv78]

A new motherboard won't support your CPU, or your RAM. 

 

Ryzen and 6th-gen or newer Intel require DDR4 RAM, and use completely different sockets than your CPU.

 

pcpartpicker.com can easily determine compatibility between parks. 

 

You should save your $150 until you can get something better, like this, which would get you a much faster CPU and entry into the much newer AM4 socket which should be supported for at least 2-3 more years.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($89.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($61.98 @ Newegg Business) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $204.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-10 20:23 EST-0500

[Wolfang]

Thank you both for the quick response.

7 minutes ago, campy said:

i imagine its a GPU oriented program thats showing you hardware information, because it just describes your ram as "8gb" and not its specific format.

Your right it was a gpu based program I looked into it lol.

6 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

pcpartpicker.com can easily determine compatibility between parks. 

Thank you so much for the refrence ill be looking into it.  Also with those results you showed me, I might be able to raise my budget to afford that although ill have to look into this stuff more.

 

Also campy thanks for the advice, I thought computers were less specific then this.

[Wolfang]

8 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

btw GDDR5 is GPU memory, DDR3 is CPU memory (which is DDR3 for FX)

And thanks I did not know that