CPU & graphic card compatible with my motherboard?

[Mullerman]

I would like to improve my PC's hardware and I have an ASRock G31M-S motherboard. I wish to know if I can insert these certain components or better, if my motherboard is compatible with this CPU and graphic card:

-Gigabyte GeForce GT 630 , 2 GB, PCI-E (GV-N630-2GI) graphic card
- Processor Intel Core i3 2120 3,3 GHz Box, 1155

At the moment I have DualCore Intel Pentium E5300, 2600 MHz Processor & a Nvidia GeForce 9500GT graphic card installed if that helps.

 

[morbious81]

Here's the specs on your board:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/G31M-S/index.us.asp

The list on the right shows what CPU's you can use:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_775

The Graphics will plug in, but will not run to its full potential. MOBO= PCIE, GPU=PCIE 2.0

IMO you may want to look into a new motherboard for your upgrade.

 

[noidea_77]

There is an cpu compatibility list and yours has the wrong socket, it will not fit:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/G31M-S/?cat=CPU

 

[ittimjones]

that motherboard is too old for that CPU. They use different socket types.

mobo socket type: LGA775
i3 CPU socket type: LGA 1155