Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS H87I-PLUS Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) mini ITX vs MSI B85M-E43 DASH

42specifications compared
10differ
32identical
23known for one product only

Key differences

Number of memory slots
- H87I-PLUS Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) mini ITX:2
- B85M-E43 DASH:4
Supported storage drive interfaces
- H87I-PLUS Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) mini ITX:SATA III
- B85M-E43 DASH:SATA II, SATA III
Number of SATA III connectors
- H87I-PLUS Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) mini ITX:6
- B85M-E43 DASH:4
Number of SATA II connectors
- H87I-PLUS Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) mini ITX:0
- B85M-E43 DASH:2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity
- H87I-PLUS Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) mini ITX:4
- B85M-E43 DASH:2
PS/2 ports quantity
- H87I-PLUS Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) mini ITX:1
- B85M-E43 DASH:2
Motherboard form factor
- H87I-PLUS Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) mini ITX:mini ITX
- B85M-E43 DASH:micro ATX
Motherboard chipset
- H87I-PLUS Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) mini ITX:Intel® H87
- B85M-E43 DASH:Intel® B85

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Comparison of H87I-PLUS, B85M-E43 DASH
65 specifications	A ASUS H87I-PLUS Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) mini ITX Model H87I-PLUS View product	B MSI B85M-E43 DASH View product
Memory1 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	2	4
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Non-ECC
Unbuffered memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	16 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllers1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SATA III	SATA II, SATA III
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 5, 10	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O2 differ
Number of SATA III connectorsDiffers	6	4
Number of SATA II connectorsDiffers	0	2
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Peripheral (Molex) power connectors (4-pin)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Parallel connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Serial port headersKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
TPM connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports2 differ
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers	4	2
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Ethernet interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Gigabit Ethernet
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8111DP
Features2 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	mini ITX	micro ATX
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® H87	Intel® B85
Cooling typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Passive
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
PCI slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	AMI	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	64 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
ACPI versionKnown for one	2.0a	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	170 mm	244 mm
DepthDiffers	170 mm	244 mm
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	1024 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum resolutionKnown for one	4096 x 2304 pixels	Unknown — not stated by the source

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