Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB vs MSI G965M-FIR LGA 775 (Socket T) mini ATX

14specifications compared
8differ
6identical
29known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:LGA 771 (Socket J)
- G965M-FIR LGA 775 (Socket T) mini ATX:LGA 775 (Socket T)
Maximum internal memory
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:32 GB
- G965M-FIR LGA 775 (Socket T) mini ATX:8 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:1
- G965M-FIR LGA 775 (Socket T) mini ATX:3
Number of SATA connectors
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:6
- G965M-FIR LGA 775 (Socket T) mini ATX:4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:2
- G965M-FIR LGA 775 (Socket T) mini ATX:1
PS/2 ports quantity
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:1
- G965M-FIR LGA 775 (Socket T) mini ATX:2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:0
- G965M-FIR LGA 775 (Socket T) mini ATX:1
Motherboard form factor
- DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:SSI EEB
- G965M-FIR LGA 775 (Socket T) mini ATX:mini ATX

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Comparison of DSBF-DE/SAS, G965M-FIR
43 specifications	A ASUS DSBF-DE/SAS Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB Model DSBF-DE/SAS View product	B MSI G965M-FIR LGA 775 (Socket T) mini ATX Model G965M-FIR View product
Processor1 differ
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 771 (Socket J)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® Core™2 Duo
Memory1 differ
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	32 GB	8 GB
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	1	3
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	6	4
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 IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports3 differ
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	2	1
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	0	1
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI-D ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
LAN controllerKnown for one	Intel® 82563EB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	SSI EEB	mini ATX
Audio output channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.1 channels
Power source typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ATX
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 2.3 32-bit PCI 1x IDE
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
Other featuresidentical
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1	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
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	20 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source

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