Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS M2N-MX motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX vs ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D

22specifications compared
6differ
16identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

Processor manufacturer
- M2N-MX motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:AMD
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:Intel
Processor socket
- M2N-MX motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:Socket AM2
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:LGA 775 (Socket T)
Maximum internal memory
- M2N-MX motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:4 GB
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:8 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- M2N-MX motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:3
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:4
Motherboard form factor
- M2N-MX motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:micro ATX
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:ATX

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Comparison of M2N-MX, P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D
44 specifications	A ASUS M2N-MX motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX Model M2N-MX View product	B ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D View product
Processor2 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	AMD	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	Socket AM2	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory1 differ
Number of memory slots	4	4
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	ECC & Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	4 GB	8 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 0+1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphicsidentical
Graphics cardKnown for one	GeForce 6100	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O1 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	3	4
Number of SATA connectors	4	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	1	1
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Front panel audio connector	Yes	Yes
CD/AUX audio in	Yes	Yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)	Yes	Yes
CPU fan connector	Yes	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectors	2	2
Chassis intrusion connector	Yes	Yes
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O portsidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantity	4	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1	1
PS/2 ports quantity	2	2
Headphone outputs	1	1
Microphone in	Yes	Yes
COM ports quantity	1	1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	Gigabit Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	micro ATX	ATX
Audio chipKnown for one	ADI AD1986A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channelsKnown for one	5.1 channels	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	1x PCI Express x16 1x PCI Express x1 2x PCI	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	32 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	245 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	222 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging content1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	ASUS PC Probe II ASUS LiveUpdate AMD Cool'n'Quiet	Drivers BIOS flash utility AI Booster ASUS PC Probe II RAID utility Anti virus software Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 Microsoft Direct X 9.0C
Other featuresidentical
Controller interface typeKnown for one	NVIDIA MCP61P	Unknown — not stated by the source
Special featuresKnown for one	ASUS Q-Fan ASUS My Logo 2 ASUS CrashFreeBIOS2 ASUS EZ Flash 2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresKnown for one	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL PME, WOR, PXE	Unknown — not stated by the source
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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