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ASUS P5E3 WS Professional vs MSI P7N Zilent

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  • 27specifications compared
  • 12differ
  • 15identical
  • 22known for one product only

Key differences

  • RAID levels
    • P5E3 WS Professional:0, 1, 5, 10
    • P7N Zilent:0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
  • USB 2.0 connectors
    • P5E3 WS Professional:6
    • P7N Zilent:2
  • Number of SATA connectors
    • P5E3 WS Professional:6
    • P7N Zilent:4
  • Number of Parallel ATA connectors
    • P5E3 WS Professional:1
    • P7N Zilent:2
  • USB 2.0 ports quantity
    • P5E3 WS Professional:6
    • P7N Zilent:4
  • Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
    • P5E3 WS Professional:2
    • P7N Zilent:1
  • eSATA ports quantity
    • P5E3 WS Professional:1
    • P7N Zilent:2
  • PS/2 ports quantity
    • P5E3 WS Professional:1
    • P7N Zilent:2

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Comparison of P5E3 WS Professional, P7N Zilent
49 specifications
Processoridentical
Compatible processor seriesKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceIntel® Pentium® D
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers0, 1, 5, 100, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
Internal I/O3 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers62
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers64
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsDiffers12
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one2Unknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
TPM connectorKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Rear panel I/O ports4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers64
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers21
eSATA ports quantityDiffers12
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers12
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI-D ports quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
Microphone inKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
LAN controllerKnown for oneMarvell 88E8056Unknown — not stated by the source
Networking featuresDiffersDual Gigabit Ethernet10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet
Features1 differ
Audio chipDiffersADI AD1988BRealtek ALC888
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one2Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2 x PCI 2 x IDE 3 x PCI-E 2.0 x16
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one16 MbitUnknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers305 mm245 mm
DepthDiffers244 mm304 mm
Other featuresidentical
Manageability featuresKnown for oneWfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL @ PME, WOR @ PME, PXEUnknown — not stated by the source
Controller 2nd interface typeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceSATAII
Controller interface typeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceIDE/SATA
Special featuresKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceCircu-pipe, Zalman CPU Cooling

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