Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS K8V SE Deluxe vs GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H motherboard AMD

28specifications compared
16differ
12identical
19known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- K8V SE Deluxe:Socket 754
- GA-MA78G-DS3H motherboard AMD:Socket AM2
Number of memory slots
- K8V SE Deluxe:3
- GA-MA78G-DS3H motherboard AMD:4
Maximum internal memory
- K8V SE Deluxe:3 GB
- GA-MA78G-DS3H motherboard AMD:16 GB
RAID levels
- K8V SE Deluxe:0, 1, 0+1
- GA-MA78G-DS3H motherboard AMD:0, 1, 10, JBOD
USB 2.0 connectors
- K8V SE Deluxe:2
- GA-MA78G-DS3H motherboard AMD:4
Number of SATA connectors
- K8V SE Deluxe:2
- GA-MA78G-DS3H motherboard AMD:6
Number of Parallel ATA connectors
- K8V SE Deluxe:2
- GA-MA78G-DS3H motherboard AMD:1
Number of chassis fan connectors
- K8V SE Deluxe:1
- GA-MA78G-DS3H motherboard AMD:2

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Comparison of K8V SE Deluxe, GA-MA78G-DS3H
47 specifications	A ASUS K8V SE Deluxe View product	B GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H motherboard AMD Model GA-MA78G-DS3H View product
Processor1 differ
Processor socketDiffers	Socket 754	Socket AM2
Processor system buses supportedKnown for one	800 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	3	4
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	ECC & Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	3 GB	16 GB
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 0+1	0, 1, 10, JBOD
Internal I/O5 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	2	4
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	2	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsDiffers	2	1
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers	1	2
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsDiffers	1	2
Front panel audio connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O ports1 differ
Headphone outputsDiffers	3	6
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
DVI-D ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Network1 differ
LAN controllerDiffers	Marvell 88E8001	Realtek RTL8111C
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100/1000 Mbit
Features3 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	VIA P4M800	AMD 780G
Audio chipDiffers	ADI AD1980	Realtek ALC889A
Audio output channelsDiffers	5.1 channels	7.1 channels
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows Vista/XP
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	5 x PCI 1 x AGP 8X	1 x PCIE 2.0 x16 1 x PCIE 2.0 x4 3 x PCIE x1 2 x PCI
BIOS1 differ
BIOS typeDiffers	AMI	AWARD
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	32 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
GAME/MIDI connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresKnown for one	WOL PME,WOR PME.	Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID controller typeKnown for one	Promise R20378	Unknown — not stated by the source
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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