Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS M3N78-EH Socket AM2 ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2H motherboard AMD

29specifications compared
10differ
19identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

Number of memory slots
- M3N78-EH Socket AM2 ATX:4
- GA-MA74GM-S2H motherboard AMD:2
RAID levels
- M3N78-EH Socket AM2 ATX:0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD
- GA-MA74GM-S2H motherboard AMD:0, 1
PS/2 ports quantity
- M3N78-EH Socket AM2 ATX:2
- GA-MA74GM-S2H motherboard AMD:1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
- M3N78-EH Socket AM2 ATX:0
- GA-MA74GM-S2H motherboard AMD:1
HDMI ports quantity
- M3N78-EH Socket AM2 ATX:0
- GA-MA74GM-S2H motherboard AMD:1
DVI-D ports quantity
- M3N78-EH Socket AM2 ATX:0
- GA-MA74GM-S2H motherboard AMD:1
Motherboard form factor
- M3N78-EH Socket AM2 ATX:ATX
- GA-MA74GM-S2H motherboard AMD:micro ATX
Audio chip
- M3N78-EH Socket AM2 ATX:Realtek ALC883
- GA-MA74GM-S2H motherboard AMD:Realtek ALC888

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Comparison of M3N78-EH, GA-MA74GM-S2H
51 specifications	A ASUS M3N78-EH Socket AM2 ATX Model M3N78-EH View product	B GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2H motherboard AMD Model GA-MA74GM-S2H View product
Memory1 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	4	2
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	ECC & Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD	0, 1
Internal I/Oidentical
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of Parallel ATA 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 ports4 differ
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	2	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	Phy Gigabit LAN	Unknown — not stated by the source
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8111C
Features3 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	ATX	micro ATX
Audio chipDiffers	Realtek ALC883	Realtek ALC888
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows Vista/XP	Windows Vista/ XP
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AMD 740G
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI slotsKnown for one	3	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 X PCIe x16 1 x PCIe x1 2 x PCI
BIOS1 differ
BIOS typeDiffers	AMI	AWARD
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	305 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	236 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Audio outputKnown for one	S/PDIF	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresKnown for one	WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL/WOR by PME,WOR by Ring, PME Wake Up	Unknown — not stated by the source

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