Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX

28specifications compared
11differ
17identical
21known for one product only

Key differences

Maximum internal memory
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:8 GB
- GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:16 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:6
- GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:12
Number of SATA connectors
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:5
- GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:6
Number of IEEE1394 connectors
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:1
- GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:3
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:6
- GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:4
eSATA ports quantity
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:1
- GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:0
PS/2 ports quantity
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:1
- GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:0
- GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX:1

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Comparison of M3N78, GA-MA790GP-DS4H
49 specifications	A ASUS M3N78 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX Model M3N78 View product	B GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard AMD 790GX Socket AM2 ATX Model GA-MA790GP-DS4H View product
Memory1 differ
Memory voltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.8 V
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	16 GB
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	ECC & Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O3 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	6	12
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	5	6
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsDiffers	1	3
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	6	4
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	1	0
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	0	1
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8111C
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100/1000 Mbit
Featuresidentical
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AMD 790GX
Audio chipKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC889A
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Microsoft Windows Vista, XP
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsDiffers	2	3
PCI Express x16 slotsDiffers	1	2
Expansion slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 x PCI
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	218 mm	244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Trial softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Norton Internet Security
Other featuresidentical
S/PDIF in portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Graphics controllerKnown for one	NVIDIA GeForce 8	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	256 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	64 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source

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