Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS Crosshair III Formula vs ASUS M4N78-VM Socket AM3 micro ATX

37specifications compared
18differ
19identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

Compatible processor series
- Crosshair III Formula:AMD Athlon II, AMD Sempron
- M4N78-VM Socket AM3 micro ATX:AMD Phenom
Number of memory slots
- Crosshair III Formula:4
- M4N78-VM Socket AM3 micro ATX:2
Maximum internal memory
- Crosshair III Formula:16 GB
- M4N78-VM Socket AM3 micro ATX:8 GB
RAID levels
- Crosshair III Formula:0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD
- M4N78-VM Socket AM3 micro ATX:0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
Number of SATA connectors
- Crosshair III Formula:5
- M4N78-VM Socket AM3 micro ATX:6
Number of chassis fan connectors
- Crosshair III Formula:3
- M4N78-VM Socket AM3 micro ATX:1
eSATA ports quantity
- Crosshair III Formula:1
- M4N78-VM Socket AM3 micro ATX:0
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- Crosshair III Formula:1
- M4N78-VM Socket AM3 micro ATX:0

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Comparison of Crosshair III Formula, M4N78-VM
54 specifications	A ASUS Crosshair III Formula View product	B ASUS M4N78-VM Socket AM3 micro ATX Model M4N78-VM View product
Processor1 differ
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	AMD Athlon II, AMD Sempron	AMD Phenom
Processor system buses supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2000 MHz
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	4	2
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	16 GB	8 GB
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512 MB
Graphics cardKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	GeForce 8
Internal I/O2 differ
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	5	6
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Front panel audio connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CD/AUX audio inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers	3	1
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports5 differ
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	1	0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	0	1
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	0	1
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	0	1
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8211CL
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	ATX	micro ATX
Audio chipKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC887
Audio output channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.1 channels
Expansion slots3 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsDiffers	3	1
PCI Express x16 slotsDiffers	2	1
PCI slotsDiffers	1	2
Expansion slotsKnown for one	3 x thermal sensor, 1 x LCD Poster	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOS1 differ
BIOS memory sizeDiffers	16 Mbit	64 Mbit
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	305 mm	244 mm
DepthDiffers	245 mm	244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	- ASUS PC Probe II - ASUS AI Suite - ASUS Update - Kaspersky Anti-Virus - AMD OverDrive Utility (AOD) - Sound Blaster X-Fi Utility - Futuremark 3DMark 06 Advanced Edition	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
I/O portsKnown for one	1 x Clr CMOS	Unknown — not stated by the source

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