Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB vs MSI P6N motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX

7specifications compared
6differ
1identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:LGA 771 (Socket J)
- P6N motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:LGA 775 (Socket T)
Maximum internal memory
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:32 GB
- P6N motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:8 GB
Number of SATA connectors
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:6
- P6N motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:4
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:2
- P6N motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:4
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:0
- P6N motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:1
Motherboard form factor
- DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB:SSI EEB
- P6N motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:ATX

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Comparison of DSBF-DE, P6N
35 specifications	A ASUS DSBF-DE motherboard Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) SSI EEB Model DSBF-DE View product	B MSI P6N motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model P6N View product
Processor1 differ
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 771 (Socket J)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® Celeron® D, Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel® Pentium® D, Intel® Pentium® Extreme Edition
Memory1 differ
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	32 GB	8 GB
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 0+1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O1 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	6	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports2 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	2	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	0	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI-D ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Digital audio optical outKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Intel® 82563EB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	SSI EEB	ATX
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® 5000P	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio chipKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC885
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
Expansion slotsidentical
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
Expansion slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3xPCI-E (x16), 2xPCI-E (x1), 2xPCI
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	10 - 35 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
RAID controller typeKnown for one	Intel Matrix Storage / LSI MegaRAID	Unknown — not stated by the source
I/O portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10x USB 2.0 6xS-ATA II RAID 1xU-DMA133 IDE 1xFDD
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	245 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	304 mm

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