Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX vs ASUS M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX

29specifications compared
7differ
22identical
9known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX has 1 more SATA connectors than the ASUS M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX (6 vs 5). The ASUS M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX has 1 more eSATA ports quantity than the ASUS M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX (1 vs 0). The ASUS M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX has 1 more VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity than the ASUS M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX (1 vs 0). RAID levels: 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD on the ASUS M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX, 0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD on the ASUS M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX.

RAID levels
- M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX:0, 1, 0+1, JBOD
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
Number of SATA connectors
- M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX:6
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:5
eSATA ports quantity
- M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX:0
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
- M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX:0
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:1
HDMI ports quantity
- M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX:0
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:1
DVI-D ports quantity
- M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX:0
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:1
Depth
- M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX:244 mm
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:218 mm

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Comparison of M3A78, M3N78
38 specifications	A ASUS M3A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX Model M3A78 View product	B ASUS M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX Model M3N78 View product
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 0+1, JBOD	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	256 MB
Internal I/O1 differ
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	6	5
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports4 differ
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	0	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	0	1
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	0	1
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	0	1
COM ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	AMD 770	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio chipKnown for one	VIA VT1708B	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	244 mm	218 mm
Other featuresidentical
Graphics controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	NVIDIA GeForce 8

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