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ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX vs ASUS P5QL SE

41specifications compared
9differ
32identical
7known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX has 1 more VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity than the ASUS P5QL SE (1 vs 0). The ASUS P5QL SE has 1 more PCI Express x1 slots than the ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX (2 vs 1). The ASUS P5QL SE has 1 more PCI slots than the ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX (3 vs 2). Processor manufacturer: AMD on the ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX, Intel on the ASUS P5QL SE. Processor socket: Socket AM2 on the ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX, LGA 775 (Socket T) on the ASUS P5QL SE.

Processor manufacturer
- M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX:AMD
- P5QL SE:Intel
Processor socket
- M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX:Socket AM2
- P5QL SE:LGA 775 (Socket T)
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
- M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX:1
- P5QL SE:0
Motherboard form factor
- M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX:micro ATX
- P5QL SE:ATX
PCI Express x1 slots
- M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX:1
- P5QL SE:2
PCI slots
- M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX:2
- P5QL SE:3
Width
- M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX:244 mm
- P5QL SE:305 mm
Depth
- M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX:218 mm
- P5QL SE:193 mm

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Comparison of M3N78-AM, P5QL SE
48 specifications	A ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX Model M3N78-AM View product	B ASUS P5QL SE View product
Processor2 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	AMD	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	Socket AM2	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Internal I/Oidentical
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
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	1
Rear panel I/O ports1 differ
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8111C
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	micro ATX	ATX
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsDiffers	1	2
PCI slotsDiffers	2	3
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	244 mm	305 mm
DepthDiffers	218 mm	193 mm
Other features1 differ
Manageability featuresDiffers	DMI v2.0, Wfm2.0, ACPI v2.0A, smbios V2.5, CrashFree BIOS 3, EZ FLASH 2, My logo2(256 color)	WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME,PXE
Graphics controllerKnown for one	NVIDIA GeForce	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	512 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source

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