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Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS M4A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX vs GIGABYTE MA790GP-UD4H Socket1333 ATX AM2+ DDR2

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  • 34specifications compared
  • 18differ
  • 16identical
  • 22known for one product only

Key differences

  • USB 2.0 connectors
    • 3
    • 4
  • Number of SATA connectors
    • 5
    • 6
  • USB 2.0 ports quantity
    • 6
    • 4
  • eSATA ports quantity
    • 1
    • 0
  • PS/2 ports quantity
    • 1
    • 2
  • Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
    • 0
    • 1
  • VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
    • 0
    • 1
  • HDMI ports quantity
    • 0
    • 1

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56 specifications
A

ASUS

M4A78 motherboard AMD 770 Socket AM2 ATX

Model M4A78

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B

GIGABYTE

MA790GP-UD4H Socket1333 ATX AM2+ DDR2View product
Processoridentical
Compatible processor seriesKnown for oneAMD Phenom X3, AMD Phenom X4
Memoryidentical
ECC сompatibilityKnown for oneECC
Memory voltageKnown for one1.8 V
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one0, 1, 0+1, JBOD
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers34
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers56
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one1
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one1
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one1
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for oneYes
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one2
Rear panel I/O ports8 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers64
eSATA ports quantityDiffers10
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers12
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers01
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers01
HDMI ports quantityDiffers01
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers01
Headphone outputsDiffers16
COM ports quantityKnown for one1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one1
Digital audio optical outKnown for one1
Network1 differ
Networking featuresDiffersGigabit Ethernet10/100/1000 Mbit
LAN controllerKnown for oneRealtek RTL8111C
Features2 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffersAMD 770AMD 790GX
Audio chipDiffersRealtek ALC887Realtek ALC889A
Compatible operating systemsKnown for oneMicrosoft Windows Vista/ XP
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsDiffers23
PCI Express x16 slotsDiffers12
PCI slotsKnown for one3
BIOS1 differ
BIOS typeDiffersAMIAWARD
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one64 Mbit
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers306 mm305 mm
DepthDiffers209 mm244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for oneYes
Bundled softwareKnown for one- ASUS PC Probe II - ASUS Update
Trial softwareKnown for oneNorton Internet Security
Other featuresidentical
Controller 2nd interface typeKnown for oneUltraDMA 133/100
Controller interface typeKnown for oneSATA 3 Gb/s
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for oneYes

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