Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P5GZ-MX motherboard Intel® 945GZ Express LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX vs ASUS PVL-D/SCSI Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) SSI EEB

17specifications compared
8differ
9identical
43known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- P5GZ-MX motherboard Intel® 945GZ Express LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:LGA 775 (Socket T)
- PVL-D/SCSI Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) SSI EEB:Socket 604 (mPGA604)
Maximum internal memory
- P5GZ-MX motherboard Intel® 945GZ Express LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2 GB
- PVL-D/SCSI Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) SSI EEB:16 GB
Number of SATA connectors
- P5GZ-MX motherboard Intel® 945GZ Express LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4
- PVL-D/SCSI Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) SSI EEB:2
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- P5GZ-MX motherboard Intel® 945GZ Express LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4
- PVL-D/SCSI Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) SSI EEB:2
PS/2 ports quantity
- P5GZ-MX motherboard Intel® 945GZ Express LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2
- PVL-D/SCSI Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) SSI EEB:1
LAN controller
- P5GZ-MX motherboard Intel® 945GZ Express LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:Marvell 88E8001
- PVL-D/SCSI Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) SSI EEB:Broadcom BCM5721
Motherboard form factor
- P5GZ-MX motherboard Intel® 945GZ Express LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:micro ATX
- PVL-D/SCSI Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) SSI EEB:SSI EEB
Motherboard chipset
- P5GZ-MX motherboard Intel® 945GZ Express LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:Intel® 945GZ Express
- PVL-D/SCSI Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) SSI EEB:Intel® E7520

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Comparison of P5GZ-MX, PVL-D/SCSI
60 specifications	A ASUS P5GZ-MX motherboard Intel® 945GZ Express LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX Model P5GZ-MX View product	B ASUS PVL-D/SCSI Intel® E7520 Socket 604 (mPGA604) SSI EEB Model PVL-D/SCSI View product
Processor1 differ
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 775 (Socket T)	Socket 604 (mPGA604)
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel® Pentium® D	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory1 differ
Supported memory typesKnown for one	DDR2-SDRAM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory slots typeKnown for one	DIMM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported memory clock speedsKnown for one	400,533 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	2 GB	16 GB
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ECC
Storage controllersidentical
Supported storage drive interfacesKnown for one	SATA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphicsidentical
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	Not supported	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O1 differ
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectorsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA III connectorsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA II connectorsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	4	2
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Front panel audio connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD/AUX audio inKnown 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	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports2 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	2	1
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Headphone outputsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Microphone inKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
LAN controllerDiffers	Marvell 88E8001	Broadcom BCM5721
Networking featuresKnown for one	Gigabit Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features2 differ
Component forKnown for one	PC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Motherboard form factorDiffers	micro ATX	SSI EEB
Motherboard chipset familyKnown for one	Intel	Unknown — not stated by the source
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® 945GZ Express	Intel® E7520
Audio chipKnown for one	Realtek ALC883	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channelsKnown for one	5.1 channels	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power source typeKnown for one	ATX	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsKnown for one	1x PCI-E x16/x4 1x PCI-E x1 2x PCI 2.2	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	AMI	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	32 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	245 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	203 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Special featuresKnown for one	ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 ASUS AI NET 2 ASUS C.P.R. ASUS Q-Fan ASUS EZ Flash ASUS MyLogo	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresKnown for one	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE	Unknown — not stated by the source
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	10 - 35 °C

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