Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P5M2-E/4L motherboard Intel® 3000 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX vs GIGABYTE Micro ATX motherboard, Intel® G33 + ICH9 Chipset

14specifications compared
7differ
7identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

USB 2.0 connectors
- P5M2-E/4L motherboard Intel® 3000 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:1
- Micro ATX motherboard, Intel® G33 + ICH9 Chipset:4
Number of SATA connectors
- P5M2-E/4L motherboard Intel® 3000 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:8
- Micro ATX motherboard, Intel® G33 + ICH9 Chipset:3
Number of Parallel ATA connectors
- P5M2-E/4L motherboard Intel® 3000 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:2
- Micro ATX motherboard, Intel® G33 + ICH9 Chipset:1
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- P5M2-E/4L motherboard Intel® 3000 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:2
- Micro ATX motherboard, Intel® G33 + ICH9 Chipset:8
Motherboard form factor
- P5M2-E/4L motherboard Intel® 3000 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:ATX
- Micro ATX motherboard, Intel® G33 + ICH9 Chipset:micro ATX
Graphics controller
- P5M2-E/4L motherboard Intel® 3000 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:XGI Z7
- Micro ATX motherboard, Intel® G33 + ICH9 Chipset:North Bridge

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Comparison of P5M2-E/4L, Micro ATX motherboard, Intel® G33 + ICH9 Chipset
42 specifications	A ASUS P5M2-E/4L motherboard Intel® 3000 LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model P5M2-E/4L View product	B GIGABYTE Micro ATX motherboard, Intel® G33 + ICH9 Chipset View product
Processoridentical
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Intel® Core™2 Duo	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memoryidentical
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	ECC & Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Controller typeKnown for one	Intel 3000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	32 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O3 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	1	4
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	8	3
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsDiffers	2	1
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Front panel audio connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CD/AUX audio inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CPU 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
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Rear panel I/O ports1 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	2	8
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	ATX	micro ATX
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® 3000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio chipKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC889A
Audio output channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.1 channels
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Microsoft Windows Vista/XP/2000
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	3 * PCI 32bit/ 33MHz 1 * PCI-E x8 1 * PCI-E x16	1 x PCI Express x16 1 x PCI Express x1 2 x PCI
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	10 - 35 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
Controller interface typeKnown for one	IDE/SATA Intel ICH7R	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics controllerDiffers	XGI Z7	North Bridge
Manageability featuresKnown for one	ASWM 2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID controller typeKnown for one	Marvell 6145	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	244 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	244 mm

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