Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS A8V-X motherboard Socket 939 ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Socket 939 micro ATX

25specifications compared
7differ
18identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

RAID levels
- A8V-X motherboard Socket 939 ATX:0, 1, 0+1, JBOD
- GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Socket 939 micro ATX:1, 0+1, 5
S/PDIF out port
- A8V-X motherboard Socket 939 ATX:Yes
- GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Socket 939 micro ATX:No
Parallel ports quantity
- A8V-X motherboard Socket 939 ATX:1
- GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Socket 939 micro ATX:0
Serial ports quantity
- A8V-X motherboard Socket 939 ATX:1
- GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Socket 939 micro ATX:0
Motherboard form factor
- A8V-X motherboard Socket 939 ATX:ATX
- GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Socket 939 micro ATX:micro ATX
GAME/MIDI connector
- A8V-X motherboard Socket 939 ATX:Yes
- GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Socket 939 micro ATX:No

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Comparison of A8V-X, GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH
53 specifications	A ASUS A8V-X motherboard Socket 939 ATX Model A8V-X View product	B GIGABYTE GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Socket 939 micro ATX Model GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH View product
Processoridentical
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memoryidentical
Flash memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4 MB
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	ECC & Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 0+1, JBOD	1, 0+1, 5
Internal I/Oidentical
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports3 differ
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
S/PDIF out portDiffers	Yes	No
Parallel ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Serial ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	ATX	micro ATX
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows Linux
Audio chipKnown for one	ADI AD1986A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channelsKnown for one	5.1 channels	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	1x AGP8X 2x PCI-E x1 3x PCI	1 x PCI-Express X16 slot 1 x PCI-Express X1 slot 2 x PCI slots (PCI 2.3 compliant)
Other features1 differ
Audio outputKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC880 audio codec
Azalia Digital Header (ADH) connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
EZ plug connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
GAME/MIDI connectorDiffers	Yes	No
RAID controller typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	NVIDIA
Special featuresKnown for one	ASUS C.P.R. ASUS JumperFree ASUS MyLogo	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresKnown for one	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE, RPL	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Realtek RTL8201CL	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networking featuresKnown for one	Fast Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	32 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	305 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	210 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Drivers ASUS PC Probe Anti-Virus (OEM) ASUS LiveUpdate	Unknown — not stated by the source

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