Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P5B Deluxe vs ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D

24specifications compared
5differ
19identical
18known for one product only

Key differences

USB 2.0 connectors
- P5B Deluxe:2
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:4
Number of SATA connectors
- P5B Deluxe:7
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:4
Number of chassis fan connectors
- P5B Deluxe:3
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:2
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- P5B Deluxe:2
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:1

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Comparison of P5B Deluxe, P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D
42 specifications	A ASUS P5B Deluxe View product	B ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D View product
Processoridentical
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socket	LGA 775 (Socket T)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memoryidentical
Number of memory slots	4	4
Maximum internal memory	8 GB	8 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, JBOD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O3 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	2	4
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	7	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	1	1
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Front panel audio connector	Yes	Yes
CD/AUX audio in	Yes	Yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)	Yes	Yes
Power fan connector	Yes	Yes
CPU fan connector	Yes	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers	3	2
Chassis intrusion connector	Yes	Yes
Number of IEEE1394 connectors	1	1
Rear panel I/O ports1 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantity	4	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	2	1
eSATA ports quantity	1	1
PS/2 ports quantity	2	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out port	Yes	Yes
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
COM ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	Dual Gigabit LAN	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Motherboard form factor	ATX	ATX
Audio chipKnown for one	ADI AD1988B	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channelsKnown for one	7.1 channels	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	2x PCI-E x16 1x PCI-E x1 3x PCI 2.2	Unknown — not stated by the source
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	245 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging content1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	Yes	Drivers BIOS flash utility AI Booster ASUS PC Probe II RAID utility Anti virus software Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 Microsoft Direct X 9.0C
Other featuresidentical
Azalia Digital Header (ADH) connectorKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Floppy disk drive connector	Yes	Yes
Manageability featuresKnown for one	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL @ PME, WOR @ PME, PXE	Unknown — not stated by the source

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