ASUS P5B Deluxe AiLifestyle Series vs ASUS P5M2 Intel® 3000 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX

Comparison of P5B Deluxe AiLifestyle Series, P5M2

34 specifications	A ASUS P5B Deluxe AiLifestyle SeriesView product	B ASUS P5M2 Intel® 3000 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model P5M2 View product
Memoryidentical
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	ECC & Non-ECC
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	8 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 0+1, 1E
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	32 MB
Graphics cardKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	ES1000
Internal I/O1 differ
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	8	4
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	6	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O portsidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	2
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Broadcom BCM5721
Featuresidentical
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® 3000
Audio output channelsKnown for one	7.1 channels	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1 x PCI 32bit/ 33MHz, 2 x PCI-X 133 / 100MHz, 1 x PCI-E x16 (x 8), 1 x SODIMM (ASMB3-SOL)
Operational conditionsidentical
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 35 °C
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	ASWM2.0
Other featuresidentical
Controller interface typeKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel ICH7R (IDE/SATA)
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
I/O portsKnown for one	2 x PCI-Express x16 PCI-Express x1 3 x PCI 8 x USB 2.0	—Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	AMI	—Unknown — not stated by the source

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