Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB vs GIGABYTE GA-VM900M motherboard VIA P4M900 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX

18specifications compared
11differ
7identical
31known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:LGA 771 (Socket J)
- GA-VM900M motherboard VIA P4M900 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:LGA 775 (Socket T)
Maximum internal memory
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:32 GB
- GA-VM900M motherboard VIA P4M900 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:1
- GA-VM900M motherboard VIA P4M900 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2
Number of SATA connectors
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:6
- GA-VM900M motherboard VIA P4M900 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2
Number of Parallel ATA connectors
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:1
- GA-VM900M motherboard VIA P4M900 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:2
- GA-VM900M motherboard VIA P4M900 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:2
- GA-VM900M motherboard VIA P4M900 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
PS/2 ports quantity
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:2
- GA-VM900M motherboard VIA P4M900 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1

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Comparison of DSBF-DE, GA-VM900M
49 specifications	A ASUS DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB Model DSBF-DE View product	B GIGABYTE GA-VM900M motherboard VIA P4M900 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX Model GA-VM900M View product
Processor1 differ
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 771 (Socket J)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Memory1 differ
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	32 GB	4 GB
Graphicsidentical
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Not supported
Internal I/O3 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	1	2
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	6	2
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsDiffers	1	2
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	2
Chassis intrusion connector	Yes	Yes
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	0
Rear panel I/O ports3 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	2	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	2	1
eSATA ports quantity	0	0
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	2	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0	0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	1	1
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
COM ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Serial ports quantity	1	1
WiFi-AP antenna jackKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
DVI-D ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
LAN controllerDiffers	Intel® 82563EB	Realtek RTL8201CL
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100Mb Ethernet
Features2 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	SSI EEB	micro ATX
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® 5000P	VIA P4M900
Audio chipKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	VIA VT1708A
Power source typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ATX
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 PCI Expressx16 1 PCI Expressx1 2 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
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	244 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	233 mm
Other featuresidentical
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
RAID controller typeKnown for one	Intel Matrix Storage / LSI MegaRAID	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 0+1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	10 - 35 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source

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