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Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-DS2H motherboard AMD

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  • 32specifications compared
  • 16differ
  • 16identical
  • 23known for one product only

Key differences

The GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-DS2H motherboard AMD has 2 more memory slots than the ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX (4 vs 2). The GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-DS2H motherboard AMD has 8 GB more maximum internal memory than the ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX (16 GB vs 8 GB). The GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-DS2H motherboard AMD has 9 more USB 2.0 connectors than the ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX (12 vs 3). Networking features: Gigabit LAN on the ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX, 10/100/1000 Mbit on the GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-DS2H motherboard AMD. Audio chip: Realtek ALC662 on the ASUS M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX, Realtek ALC889A on the GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-DS2H motherboard AMD.

  • Number of memory slots
    • 2
    • 4
  • Maximum internal memory
    • 8 GB
    • 16 GB
  • USB 2.0 connectors
    • 3
    • 12
  • Number of SATA connectors
    • 4
    • 5
  • USB 2.0 ports quantity
    • 6
    • 4
  • eSATA ports quantity
    • 0
    • 1
  • PS/2 ports quantity
    • 1
    • 2
  • Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
    • 0
    • 1

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55 specifications
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ASUS

M3N78-AM Socket AM2 micro ATX

Model M3N78-AM

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B

GIGABYTE

GA-MA78GM-DS2H motherboard AMD

Model GA-MA78GM-DS2H

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Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers24
ECC сompatibilityKnown for oneNon-ECC
Maximum internal memoryDiffers8 GB16 GB
Memory voltageKnown for one1.8 V
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one512 MB
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers312
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers45
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one1
CPU fan connectorKnown for oneYes
Power fan connectorKnown for oneYes
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one1
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one2
Rear panel I/O ports7 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers64
eSATA ports quantityDiffers01
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers12
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers01
HDMI ports quantityDiffers01
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers01
Headphone outputsDiffers16
COM ports quantityKnown for one1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one1
S/PDIF out portKnown for oneYes
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one0
Network1 differ
Networking featuresDiffersGigabit LAN10/100/1000 Mbit
LAN controllerKnown for oneRealtek RTL8111C
Features2 differ
Audio chipDiffersRealtek ALC662Realtek ALC889A
Audio output channelsDiffers5.1 channels7.1 channels
Motherboard chipsetKnown for oneAMD 780G
Compatible operating systemsKnown for oneMicrosoft Windows Vista, XP
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI slotsKnown for one2
Expansion slotsKnown for one2 x PCI
BIOS1 differ
BIOS typeDiffersAMIAWARD
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one64 Mbit
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers218 mm244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for oneYes
Trial softwareKnown for oneNorton Internet Security
Other featuresidentical
Graphics controllerKnown for oneNVIDIA GeForce
Manageability featuresKnown for oneDMI v2.0, Wfm2.0, ACPI v2.0A, smbios V2.5, CrashFree BIOS 3, EZ FLASH 2, My logo2(256 color)

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