Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-8I945GME motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX

19specifications compared
11differ
8identical
19known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:Socket 604 (mPGA604)
- GA-8I945GME motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:LGA 775 (Socket T)
Maximum internal memory
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:16 GB
- GA-8I945GME motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:2
- GA-8I945GME motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4
Number of SATA connectors
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:2
- GA-8I945GME motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:2
- GA-8I945GME motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:2
- GA-8I945GME motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
Motherboard form factor
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:Extended ATX
- GA-8I945GME motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:micro ATX
Width
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:305 mm
- GA-8I945GME motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:244 mm

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Comparison of NCL-D, GA-8I945GME
38 specifications	A ASUS NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX Model NCL-D View product	B GIGABYTE GA-8I945GME motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX Model GA-8I945GME View product
Processor1 differ
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	Socket 604 (mPGA604)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Processor system buses supportedKnown for one	800 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory1 differ
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	16 GB	2 GB
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	2	4
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	2	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Front panel audio connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CD/AUX audio inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)	Yes	Yes
CPU fan connector	Yes	Yes
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports2 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	2	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	2	1
PS/2 ports quantity	2	2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	1	1
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Serial ports quantity	1	1
Network1 differ
Networking featuresDiffers	2 x Broadcom BCM5721PCI-E Gb LAN	Realtek RTL8110S Gigabit Ethernet
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	Extended ATX	micro ATX
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® E7520	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Window Server 2003 Stndard/Web/Enterprise Edition Windows.2000 Server / 2000 Advanced Server Windows NT Server4.0 Windows.XP Professional SP1 Windows.Server2003 Enterprise Editon Windows.Server2003 Standard Edition Redhat Enterprise Linux AS3.0 Redhat8.0 Redhat9.0 SuSE Linux Enterprise 8.0 SuSE Linu	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	4 x 64bit/ 133 MHz PCI-X 1 x 32bit/ 33MHz PCI 1x [x8 slot (x4 link)]	1 x PCI Express x 16 3 x PCI
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	305 mm	244 mm
DepthDiffers	330 mm	220 mm
Other featuresidentical
Audio outputKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC655
Floppy disk drive connector	Yes	Yes
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Intel ICH5R	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics controllerKnown for one	ATI RAGE-XL	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	8 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	10 - 35 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source

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