Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P5B-Plus Vista Edition vs GIGABYTE GA-945GZM-S2 Intel 945GZ + ICH7 chipset motherboard

17specifications compared
5differ
12identical
26known for one product only

Key differences

Number of SATA connectors
- P5B-Plus Vista Edition:8
- GA-945GZM-S2 Intel 945GZ + ICH7 chipset motherboard:4
Motherboard form factor
- P5B-Plus Vista Edition:ATX
- GA-945GZM-S2 Intel 945GZ + ICH7 chipset motherboard:micro ATX
Width
- P5B-Plus Vista Edition:305 mm
- GA-945GZM-S2 Intel 945GZ + ICH7 chipset motherboard:220 mm
Depth
- P5B-Plus Vista Edition:228.6 mm
- GA-945GZM-S2 Intel 945GZ + ICH7 chipset motherboard:244 mm

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Comparison of P5B-Plus Vista Edition, GA-945GZM-S2 Intel 945GZ + ICH7 chipset motherboard
43 specifications	A ASUS P5B-Plus Vista Edition View product	B GIGABYTE GA-945GZM-S2 Intel 945GZ + ICH7 chipset motherboard View product
Memoryidentical
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 10	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O1 differ
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	8	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	1	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	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O portsidentical
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Digital audio optical outKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
COM ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	Gigabit Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features2 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	ATX	micro ATX
Overclocking featuresDiffers	SFS ASUS C.P.R.	PCI Express x 16 PCI slots x 3
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	1x PCI-E x16 3x 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 & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	305 mm	220 mm
DepthDiffers	228.6 mm	244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Suite Anti Virus (OEM)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Controller 2nd interface typeKnown for one	UltraDMA 133/100/66	Unknown — not stated by the source
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Serial ATA I/II	Unknown — not stated by the source
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Special featuresKnown for one	ASUS MyLogo 2 ASUS AI Gear ASUS Q-Fan 2	Unknown — not stated by the source

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