Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS M2N32 WS Professional vs ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP

20specifications compared
7differ
13identical
27known for one product only

Key differences

Processor manufacturer
- M2N32 WS Professional:AMD
- P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP:Intel
Processor socket
- M2N32 WS Professional:Socket AM2
- P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP:LGA 775 (Socket T)
RAID levels
- M2N32 WS Professional:0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
- P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP:0, 1, 10
USB 2.0 connectors
- M2N32 WS Professional:6
- P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP:4
Number of SATA connectors
- M2N32 WS Professional:9
- P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP:6
Number of Parallel ATA connectors
- M2N32 WS Professional:2
- P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP:1
Audio output
- M2N32 WS Professional:8-ch
- P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP:192KHz/24-bit

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Comparison of M2N32 WS Professional, P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP
47 specifications	A ASUS M2N32 WS Professional View product	B ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP View product
Processor2 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	AMD	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	Socket AM2	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Memoryidentical
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	ECC & Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD	0, 1, 10
Internal I/O3 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	6	4
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	9	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsDiffers	2	1
Front panel audio connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O portsidentical
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
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
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Marvell 88E1116	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networking featuresKnown for one	Dual Gigabit LAN	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Audio chipKnown for one	ADI AD1988B	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	2x PCI Express x16 2x PCI-X 2x PCI-E x1 1x PCI 2.2	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	64 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	305 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	245 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Drivers BIOS flash utility under DOS ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update Anti-Virus Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 ASUS AI utility Microsoft Direct X ver 9.0c	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
Audio outputDiffers	8-ch	192KHz/24-bit
Special featuresKnown for one	AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Stack Cool 2 Q-Fan 2 AI Nap AI Gear My Logo 3 ASUS AI NET2 CrashFree BIOS 3 EZ Flash 2 Q-Connector ASUS AI Quiet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresKnown for one	WOL PME, WOR PME, PXE, AI NET2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SATA II

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