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ASUS M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX vs ASUS Rampage II GENE

33specifications compared
16differ
17identical
18known for one product only

Key differences

Processor manufacturer
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:AMD
- Rampage II GENE:Intel
Processor socket
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:Socket AM2
- Rampage II GENE:Socket B (LGA 1366)
Number of memory slots
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:2
- Rampage II GENE:6
Maximum internal memory
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:8 GB
- Rampage II GENE:24 GB
RAID levels
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
- Rampage II GENE:0, 1
Number of SATA connectors
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:4
- Rampage II GENE:7
eSATA ports quantity
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:0
- Rampage II GENE:1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:0
- Rampage II GENE:1

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Comparison of M3N78-AM/C/SI, Rampage II GENE
51 specifications	A ASUS M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX Model M3N78-AM/C/SI View product	B ASUS Rampage II GENE View product
Processor2 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	AMD	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	Socket AM2	Socket B (LGA 1366)
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	2	6
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	24 GB
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD	0, 1
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	512 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O1 differ
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	4	7
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports4 differ
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	0	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	0	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Headphone outputsDiffers	1	6
COM ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Network2 differ
LAN controllerDiffers	Realtek RTL8211CL	Realtek RTL8111C
Networking featuresDiffers	Gigabit LAN	Gigabit Ethernet
Features1 differ
Audio chipKnown for one	Realtek ALC662	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channelsDiffers	5.1 channels	7.1 channels
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 slotsDiffers	1	2
PCI slotsDiffers	2	1
PCI Express x4 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	AMI	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	64 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	218 mm	244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics controllerKnown for one	NVIDIA GeForce	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresKnown for one	DMI v2.0, Wfm2.0, ACPI v2.0A, smbios V2.5, CrashFree BIOS 3, EZ FLASH 2, My logo2(256 color)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio outputKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SupremeFX

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