Motherboard Recommendation?

[theguynamedwill]

Hello,

 

This is my first post on the LinusTechTips forums! I'm so happy to be here!

 

Anyways, long story short, I need a new motherboard that will be compatible with my new RAM, and I have no idea where to look or even how for that matter. 

 

I received some new RAM sticks from Corsair - they're not compatible with my motherboard. Like, the slots are there for all four of them, it's just that I believe that my motherboard can't take 64GBs of RAM at one time lol. I have 32GBs installed right now, if that helps for anything. 

The RAM that I received are 4 sticks of Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB DDR3 at 2133MHz.  

Side note: I play hefty games like GTA V for PC, so I would love a gaming motherboard if even such thing exists. 

I also have no price range - so go wild lol. 

 

My Computer's specifications:

 

OS:

Windows 8.1 PRO 64 bit. 

 

CPU: 

Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.50GHz

Haswell 22nm Technology.

 

Motherboard: 

Hewlett-Packard 2AF3 (SOCKET 0).

 

Graphics: 

Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Battlefield 4 Edition - I abhor Battlefield. GTA V PC for life.

 

RAM: 

32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28).

 

Storage: 

1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 (SATA).

 

Optical Drives: 

hp BDDVDRW CH30L.

 

Audio (if this even remotely matters at all): 

AMD High Definition Audio Device

 

I shall provide more information if needed. 

Thanks so much. 

 

#LongLiveLinus, 

-Will. 

[Leonard]

You also need to contemplate on your case's motherboard compatibility as well as the RAM. As you have a K SKU CPU i recommend any ASUS z97 motherboard.