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ASUS Maximus II GENE vs MSI G41TM-E43 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX

36specifications compared
20differ
16identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

Number of memory slots
- Maximus II GENE:4
- G41TM-E43 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2
Maximum internal memory
- Maximus II GENE:16 GB
- G41TM-E43 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:8 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- Maximus II GENE:3
- G41TM-E43 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2
Number of SATA connectors
- Maximus II GENE:7
- G41TM-E43 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4
Number of chassis fan connectors
- Maximus II GENE:4
- G41TM-E43 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- Maximus II GENE:6
- G41TM-E43 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4
eSATA ports quantity
- Maximus II GENE:1
- G41TM-E43 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:0
PS/2 ports quantity
- Maximus II GENE:1
- G41TM-E43 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2

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Comparison of Maximus II GENE, G41TM-E43
51 specifications	A ASUS Maximus II GENE View product	B MSI G41TM-E43 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX Model G41TM-E43 View product
Processor1 differ
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Celeron® Dual-Core, Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core	Intel® Core™2 Duo, Intel® Core™2 Quad
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	4	2
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	16 GB	8 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 5, 10	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O3 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	3	2
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	7	4
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers	4	2
TPM connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O ports8 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	6	4
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	1	0
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	1	0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	0	1
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	0	1
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	0	1
Headphone outputsDiffers	1	6
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
Networking featuresDiffers	Gigabit LAN	Fast Ethernet
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8111DL
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x16 slotsDiffers	2	1
PCI slotsDiffers	1	2
Expansion slotsKnown for one	2 x thermal sensor, 1 x LCD Poster, 1 x En/Dis-able Clr CMOS	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	AMI	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	16 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	244 mm	205 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bundled softwareKnown for one	- Sound Blaster X-Fi Utility - Futuremark 3DMark 06 Advanced Edition - Kaspersky Anti-Virus - ASUS TurboV utility - ASUS PC Probe II - ASUS Update - ASUS AI Suite	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features2 differ
Controller 2nd interface typeDiffers	JMicron JMB363 PATA/SATA	IDE
Controller interface typeDiffers	Intel ICH10R SATA	SATAII
Audio outputKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC888S
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	256 MB

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