ASUS P5E LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX vs ASUS P5E3 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX

Comparison of P5E, P5E3

48 specifications	A ASUS P5E LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model P5E View product	B ASUS P5E3 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model P5E3 View product
Processoridentical
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socket	LGA 775 (Socket T)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel® Pentium® D
Memoryidentical
Number of memory slots	4	4
ECC сompatibility	Non-ECC	Non-ECC
Maximum internal memory	8 GB	8 GB
Internal I/Oidentical
USB 2.0 connectors	3	3
Number of SATA connectors	6	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
S/PDIF out connector	Yes	Yes
Front panel audio connector	Yes	Yes
CD/AUX audio in	Yes	Yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)	Yes	Yes
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Power fan connector	Yes	Yes
CPU fan connector	Yes	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectors	2	2
Chassis intrusion connector	Yes	Yes
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Number of IEEE1394 connectors	1	1
Rear panel I/O portsidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantity	6	6
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1	1
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
PS/2 ports quantity	1	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	1	1
Headphone outputsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Microphone inKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
S/PDIF out port	Yes	Yes
Digital audio optical outKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Network1 differ
LAN controllerKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Marvell 88E8056
Networking featuresDiffers	Marvell88E8056 PCIe Gigabit LAN	Gigabit Ethernet
Featuresidentical
Motherboard form factor	ATX	ATX
Audio chipKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC883
Audio output channels	7.1 channels	7.1 channels
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows XP/Vista
Overclocking featuresKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	ASUS C.P.R. ASUS AI Booster
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	2 x PCIe2.0 x16 3 x PCIe x1 2 x PCI	2x PCIe 2.0 x16 2x PCIe x1 2x PCI
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	64 Mbit
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	305 mm
DepthKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	244 mm
Packaging content1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Suite Anti-virus (OEM) Image-Editing Suite	ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Suite
Other featuresidentical
Floppy disk drive connector	Yes	Yes
Special featuresKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	ASUS Q-Connector ASUS O.C. Profile ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS Q-Fan 2 ASUS AI Nap ASUS EPU ASUS MyLogo 3
Manageability featuresKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL @ PME, WOR @ PME, PXE
I/O portsKnown for one	1 x IDE	—Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID controller typeKnown for one	JMicron PATA, SATA	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 10	—Unknown — not stated by the source

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