Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS DSBF-D/SAS motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) vs ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D

13specifications compared
7differ
6identical
32known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- DSBF-D/SAS motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J):LGA 771 (Socket J)
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:LGA 775 (Socket T)
Number of memory slots
- DSBF-D/SAS motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J):8
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:4
Maximum internal memory
- DSBF-D/SAS motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J):32 GB
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:8 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- DSBF-D/SAS motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J):2
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:4
Number of SATA connectors
- DSBF-D/SAS motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J):6
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:4
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- DSBF-D/SAS motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J):2
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:4
Modem (RJ-11) ports
- DSBF-D/SAS motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J):2
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:0

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Comparison of DSBF-D/SAS, P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D
45 specifications	A ASUS DSBF-D/SAS motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Model DSBF-D/SAS View product	B ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D View product
Processor1 differ
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 771 (Socket J)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	8	4
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	32 GB	8 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	32 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	2	4
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	6	4
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports2 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	2	4
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Modem (RJ-11) portsDiffers	2	0
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	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
COM ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Intel® 82563EB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® 5000P	Unknown — not stated by the source
Motherboard form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ATX
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	1 x PCI-X 133 MHz 1 x PCI 32bit/33 MHz 1 x PCI-X 133/100 MHz 1 x PCI-X 133/100 MHz 1 x PCI-E x 8 (x 8 link) 1 x PCI-E x16 (x 8 link) 1 x SODIMM f/ ASMB3-SOL	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	10 - 35 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	305 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	330 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Controller 2nd interface typeKnown for one	Intel 6321 ICH (IDE)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Intel 6321 ICH (SATA)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics controllerKnown for one	ATI ES1000 PCI	Unknown — not stated by the source
I/O portsKnown for one	9 x 4pin Fan Header 2 x LAN LED	Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID controller typeKnown for one	LSI 1068 PCI-X 8 ports SAS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Drivers BIOS flash utility AI Booster ASUS PC Probe II RAID utility Anti virus software Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 Microsoft Direct X 9.0C

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