Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P5KPL SE vs ASUS P5N7A-VM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX

34specifications compared
16differ
18identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

Number of memory slots
- P5KPL SE:2
- P5N7A-VM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4
Maximum internal memory
- P5KPL SE:4 GB
- P5N7A-VM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:16 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- P5KPL SE:2
- P5N7A-VM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:3
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- P5KPL SE:4
- P5N7A-VM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:6
eSATA ports quantity
- P5KPL SE:0
- P5N7A-VM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
PS/2 ports quantity
- P5KPL SE:2
- P5N7A-VM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
- P5KPL SE:0
- P5N7A-VM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
HDMI ports quantity
- P5KPL SE:0
- P5N7A-VM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1

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Comparison of P5KPL SE, P5N7A-VM
48 specifications	A ASUS P5KPL SE View product	B ASUS P5N7A-VM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX Model P5N7A-VM View product
Processoridentical
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socket	LGA 775 (Socket T)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	2	4
ECC сompatibility	Non-ECC	Non-ECC
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	4 GB	16 GB
Internal I/O1 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	2	3
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
CPU fan connector	Yes	Yes
Chassis intrusion connector	Yes	Yes
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports6 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	6
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1	1
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	0	1
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	2	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0	0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	0	1
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	0	1
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	0	1
Headphone outputs	1	1
Microphone in	Yes	Yes
COM ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Realtek RTL8111C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networking features	Gigabit Lan	Gigabit LAN
Features3 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	ATX	micro ATX
Audio chipDiffers	Realtek ALC662	Realtek ALC1200
Audio output channelsDiffers	5.1 channels	7.1 channels
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Vista(64Bit)/XP(64Bit)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsDiffers	3	1
PCI Express x16 slots	1	1
PCI slotsDiffers	3	2
BIOSidentical
BIOS type	AMI	AMI
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit	64 Mbit
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	305 mm	244 mm
DepthDiffers	203 mm	234 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Azalia Digital Header (ADH) connectorKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresKnown for one	WOL by PME,WOR by PME, WOR by Ring	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	GeForce 9300
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512 MB

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