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ASUS M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX vs ASUS P5Q SE/R

40specifications compared
19differ
21identical
12known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS P5Q SE/R has 8 GB more maximum internal memory than the ASUS M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX (16 GB vs 8 GB). The ASUS M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX has 3 more USB 2.0 connectors than the ASUS P5Q SE/R (6 vs 3). The ASUS P5Q SE/R has 1 more SATA connectors than the ASUS M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX (6 vs 5). Processor manufacturer: AMD on the ASUS M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX, Intel on the ASUS P5Q SE/R. Processor socket: Socket AM2 on the ASUS M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX, LGA 775 (Socket T) on the ASUS P5Q SE/R.

Processor manufacturer
- M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:AMD
- P5Q SE/R:Intel
Processor socket
- M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:Socket AM2
- P5Q SE/R:LGA 775 (Socket T)
ECC сompatibility
- M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:ECC & Non-ECC
- P5Q SE/R:Non-ECC
Maximum internal memory
- M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:8 GB
- P5Q SE/R:16 GB
RAID levels
- M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
- P5Q SE/R:0, 1, 5, 10
USB 2.0 connectors
- M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:6
- P5Q SE/R:3
Number of SATA connectors
- M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:5
- P5Q SE/R:6
eSATA ports quantity
- M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:1
- P5Q SE/R:0

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Comparison of M3N78-EM, P5Q SE/R
52 specifications	A ASUS M3N78-EM motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX Model M3N78-EM View product	B ASUS P5Q SE/R View product
Processor2 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	AMD	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	Socket AM2	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Memory2 differ
ECC сompatibilityDiffers	ECC & Non-ECC	Non-ECC
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	16 GB
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD	0, 1, 5, 10
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	6	3
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	5	6
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
TPM connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O ports6 differ
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	1	0
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	1	0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	1	0
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	1	0
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Network1 differ
Networking featuresDiffers	Gigabit Ethernet	Gigabit LAN
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Atheros L1E
Features2 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	micro ATX	ATX
Audio chipDiffers	Realtek ALC120	Realtek ALC1200
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsDiffers	1	2
PCI slotsDiffers	2	3
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AMI
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	244 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	244 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Trial softwareKnown for one	Anti-Virus	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Express Gate ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
Graphics controllerKnown for one	NVIDIA GeForce 8	Unknown — not stated by the source
Special featuresKnown for one	ASUS MyLogo 2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresDiffers	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOR @ Ring, WOL/WOR @ PME, PX	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE

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