Would my choice of motherboard work with my other specifications?

Jack_3

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I was recently wanting to upgrade my amount of RAM from 4GB to 8GB and was going to purchase 2 of these - http://www.ebuyer.com/704630-hyperx-fury-black-series-4gb-ddr4-2133mhz-cl-14-dimm-memory-hx421c14fb-4?mkwid=slFsgEWHX_dc&pcrid=51482421899&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=COja_Lrbv9ACFdXNGwodCQwNgA

With research, I had a look and noticed my motherboard only supports DDR2 Memory RAM, whilst the memory sticks I wanted are DDR4. So I came to the conclusion I need to purchase a new motherboard.

This is my current motherboard- https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M2NE_SLI/

The motherboard I'm wanting to buy- https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwir1MuFu8fQAhVuse0KHabODOMYABAH&ohost=www.google.co.uk&cid=CAASIuRo5Hl4xtjEiRxsfZQwG_EzdUvMSmAwueOgM42DW7i9mLI&sig=AOD64_1vblo5DrMo5xts-BsNGuTrDc2saA&ctype=5&q=&ved=0ahUKEwiXlcmFu8fQAhULDsAKHdEfBzYQvhcIJA&adurl=

My only worry is that the motherboard may not support my other specifications and that it may not fit my computer case.

Computer case-http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2829#sp
Graphics card- GTX 560 Ti EVGA
Processor-AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.02GHz
I don't think power supply matters - its ATX fitting and has around 600W
Hard Drive- Western Digital Blue Desktop Hard Drive1 TB

Any advice?
Cheers, Jack.
 
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ElementAMD

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Your processor fits AM2 sockets, the motherboard you listed is LGA 1151. I don't think any AM2 motherboards support DDR3 or DDR4 RAM. If you wanted to upgrade RAM to DDR4, you'd most likely need to replace your motherboard and processor with something more modern, or just build a new computer.
 

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For what you have, that Z170 board is overkill. I would just get something like a B150 board with an i3-6100.
For RAM, get DDR4-2133MHz.

 

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