M11BB-B07 board swap

[alandzik]

Can I swap out an ASUS M11BB motherboard and replace it with the M11BB-B07 motherboard so I can expand the onboard memory of my computer to 32GB?

 

[kanewolf]

Unless you have both motherboards already, I wouldn't waste money on that FM2 system. Those were not great performers when new. Save your money for a newer motherboard/CPU/RAM setup.

 

[alandzik]

Yep, already had them

 

[kanewolf]

If they look the same you can try. I doubt you will get a definitive answer from someone that has done the swap. But I have been wrong before.

 

[alandzik]

If they look the same you can try. I doubt you will get a definitive answer from someone that has done the swap. But I have been wrong before.

The main difference is it can be expanded to 32GB whereas the M11B can only handle 16GB

 

[alandzik]

Make that M11BB

 

[kanewolf]

32GB will generally be wasted on an FM2+ CPU. Maybe for a virtualization play system, but otherwise, no benefit.

 

[alandzik]

32GB will generally be wasted on an FM2+ CPU. Maybe for a virtualization play system, but otherwise, no benefit.

 

[alandzik]

32GB will generally be wasted on an FM2+ CPU. Maybe for a virtualization play system, but otherwise, no benefit.

 

[alandzik]

Not for gaming. Photoshop

 

[kanewolf]

I doubt it will improve your performance even for Photoshop. There just isn't enough CPU power. More SSD storage would probably improve things more.

 

[alandzik]

I doubt it will improve your performance even for Photoshop. There just isn't enough CPU power. More SSD storage would probably improve things more.

 

[alandzik]

Yes, I am going to use a SSD for the the scratch drive which will help also. Thanks