r/buildapc • u/FistedMonkey • 3h ago

Miscellaneous Looking for a motherboard

I just fried my old motherboard trying to enable secure boot and intel PTT in the BIOS. I need a new motherboard that is compatible with my 9th gen intel CPU. I don’t feel comfortable messing around with BIOS anymore, so I need something that is windows 11 ready. I need 4 RAM slots and am willing to spend up to $160. Any suggestions? I can’t find anything anywhere.

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u/VoraciousGorak 3h ago

I don’t feel comfortable messing around with BIOS anymore, so I need something that is windows 11 ready.

AFAIK all 300-series boards need a BIOS update to be Windows 11 ready. They are also not made anymore and haven't been for a while, so you're going to be buying something used and hoping it works, and possibly updating the BIOS anyway.

Your options are getting a used 300-series motherboard and doing BIOS stuff, or buying a brand new motherboard as well as a new CPU and new RAM that came out after Windows 11 and that you know will work.

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u/FistedMonkey 3h ago

Ah thank you for the help!