ASUS Motherboard P5N-MX vs MSI P6NGM-FIH motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX

Comparison of Motherboard P5N-MX, P6NGM-FIH

38 specifications	A ASUS Motherboard P5N-MXView product	B MSI P6NGM-FIH motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX Model P6NGM-FIH View product
Processoridentical
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socket	LGA 775 (Socket T)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Processor system buses supportedKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1333 MHz
Memoryidentical
Number of memory slots	2	2
Maximum internal memory	4 GB	4 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/Oidentical
USB 2.0 connectorsKnown for one	2	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA connectors	4	4
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
CD/AUX audio inKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O portsidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	4	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	2	—Unknown — not stated by the source
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
COM ports quantityKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Headphone outputsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Microphone inKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	100/10	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX	micro ATX
Audio chipKnown for one	Realtek ALC662	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Microsoft Windows VISTA/XP/2000	Vista Premium
Audio output channelsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	7.1 channels
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	-1 x PCIe x16 -1 x PCIe x1 -2 x PCI.	2 x PCI 1 x PCI-E x1
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	64 Mbit	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	305 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	330 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
EZ plug connectorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics controllerDiffers	GeForce 7050 GPU / nForce 610i	PCI-E x16 VGA
Special featuresKnown for one	-MyLogo 2 -EZ Flash 2 -CrashFree BIOS 2 -Q-Fan	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresKnown for one	-Ring -PXE -WOL -PME.	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	256 MB

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