Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB vs ASUS M2A-VM/HDMI Socket AM2 micro ATX

17specifications compared
11differ
6identical
38known for one product only

Key differences

Processor manufacturer
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:Intel
- M2A-VM/HDMI Socket AM2 micro ATX:AMD
Processor socket
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:LGA 771 (Socket J)
- M2A-VM/HDMI Socket AM2 micro ATX:Socket AM2
Maximum internal memory
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:32 GB
- M2A-VM/HDMI Socket AM2 micro ATX:8 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:1
- M2A-VM/HDMI Socket AM2 micro ATX:3
Number of SATA connectors
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:6
- M2A-VM/HDMI Socket AM2 micro ATX:4
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:2
- M2A-VM/HDMI Socket AM2 micro ATX:4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:2
- M2A-VM/HDMI Socket AM2 micro ATX:1
PS/2 ports quantity
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:1
- M2A-VM/HDMI Socket AM2 micro ATX:2

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Comparison of DSBF-DE/SAS, M2A-VM/HDMI
55 specifications	A ASUS DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB Model DSBF-DE/SAS View product	B ASUS M2A-VM/HDMI Socket AM2 micro ATX Model M2A-VM/HDMI View product
Processor2 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	Intel	AMD
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 771 (Socket J)	Socket AM2
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Memory1 differ
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ECC & Non-ECC
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	32 GB	8 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levels	0, 1	0, 1
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	256 MB
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	1	3
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	6	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	1	1
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
ATX Power connector (24-pin)	Yes	Yes
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
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	1
Chassis intrusion connector	Yes	Yes
Number of COM connectors	1	1
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports5 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	2	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	2	1
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	0	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	1	1
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	0	1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Gigabit Ethernet
LAN controllerKnown for one	Intel® 82563EB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	SSI EEB	micro ATX
Audio chipKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC883
Audio output channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5.1 channels
Power source typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ATX
Overclocking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SFS ASUS C.P.R.
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® 5000P	Unknown — not stated by the source
CertificationKnown for one	FCC, CFR47 Part 15, Class B, CE, EN55022, EN55024	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1x PCI Express x16 1x PCI Express x1 2x PCI
PCI Express x8 slotsKnown for one	3	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI-X slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	64 Mbit
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	245 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	229 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS LiveUpdate Anti Virus (OEM)
Other featuresidentical
Controller 2nd interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	UltraDMA 133/100
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Serial ATA I/II
Special featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ASUS MyLogo2 ASUS CrashFreeBIOS3 ASUS EZ Flash2 ASUS Q-Fan ASUS O.C Profile
Manageability featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PXE, WOR by PME
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
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	20 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source

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