Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX vs ASUS P5Q SE

36specifications compared
15differ
21identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS P5Q SE has 1 more SATA connectors than the ASUS M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX (6 vs 5). The ASUS M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX has 1 more chassis fan connectors than the ASUS P5Q SE (2 vs 1). The ASUS M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX has 1 more eSATA ports quantity than the ASUS P5Q SE (1 vs 0). Processor manufacturer: AMD on the ASUS M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX, Intel on the ASUS P5Q SE. Processor socket: Socket AM2 on the ASUS M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX, LGA 775 (Socket T) on the ASUS P5Q SE.

Processor manufacturer
- M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:AMD
- P5Q SE:Intel
Processor socket
- M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:Socket AM2
- P5Q SE:LGA 775 (Socket T)
ECC сompatibility
- M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:ECC & Non-ECC
- P5Q SE:Non-ECC
Number of SATA connectors
- M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:5
- P5Q SE:6
Number of chassis fan connectors
- M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:2
- P5Q SE:1
eSATA ports quantity
- M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:1
- P5Q SE:0
PS/2 ports quantity
- M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:1
- P5Q SE:2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:1
- P5Q SE:0

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Comparison of M3A78-T, P5Q SE
52 specifications	A ASUS M3A78-T motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX Model M3A78-T View product	B ASUS P5Q SE View product
Processor2 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	AMD	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	Socket AM2	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Memory1 differ
ECC сompatibilityDiffers	ECC & Non-ECC	Non-ECC
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	1, 5, 10	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	128 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics cardKnown for one	Radeon HD 3300	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O2 differ
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	5	6
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers	2	1
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
TPM connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O ports6 differ
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	1	0
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	1	0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	1	0
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	1	0
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Headphone outputsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Microphone inKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	Gigabit Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Atheros L1E
Featuresidentical
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	AMD 790GX	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots3 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsDiffers	1	2
PCI Express x16 slotsDiffers	3	1
PCI slotsDiffers	2	3
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AMI
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	245 mm	193 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Express Gate ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update AMD AOD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Manageability featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE

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