Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-K8NF9 Ultra

18specifications compared
12differ
6identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

Processor manufacturer
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:Intel
- GA-K8NF9 Ultra:AMD
Processor socket
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:Socket 604 (mPGA604)
- GA-K8NF9 Ultra:Socket 939
Processor system buses supported
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:800 MHz
- GA-K8NF9 Ultra:1000 MHz
Maximum internal memory
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:16 GB
- GA-K8NF9 Ultra:4 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:2
- GA-K8NF9 Ultra:3
Number of SATA connectors
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:2
- GA-K8NF9 Ultra:4
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:2
- GA-K8NF9 Ultra:4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:2
- GA-K8NF9 Ultra:1

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Comparison of NCL-D, GA-K8NF9 Ultra
35 specifications	A ASUS NCL-D Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX Model NCL-D View product	B GIGABYTE GA-K8NF9 Ultra View product
Processor3 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	Intel	AMD
Processor socketDiffers	Socket 604 (mPGA604)	Socket 939
Processor system buses supportedDiffers	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory1 differ
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	16 GB	4 GB
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	8 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	2	3
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	2	4
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
CD/AUX audio inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Rear panel I/O ports2 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	2	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	2	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Network1 differ
Networking featuresDiffers	2 x Broadcom BCM5721PCI-E Gb LAN	Gigabit Ethernet
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	Extended 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 2 x PCI-Express X 1 3 x PCI (PCI 2.3)
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
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	330 mm	244 mm
Other featuresidentical
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
Audio outputKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC850 Audio AC'97

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