ASUS P5N72-T Premium vs MSI P45 Neo-F

Comparison of P5N72-T Premium, P45 Neo-F

56 specifications	A ASUS P5N72-T PremiumView product	B MSI P45 Neo-FView product
Processoridentical
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socket	LGA 775 (Socket T)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Intel® Pentium® Extreme Edition, Intel® Pentium® D, Intel® Pentium® 4	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory1 differ
Supported memory typesKnown for one	DDR2-SDRAM	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of memory slots	4	4
Memory slots typeKnown for one	DIMM	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory channelsKnown for one	Dual-channel	—Unknown — not stated by the source
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Non-ECC	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported memory clock speedsKnown for one	667,800,1066,1200 MHz	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	16 GB
Storage controllers1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesKnown for one	IDE, SATA II	—Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD	0, 1, 10
Graphicsidentical
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	3-Way SLI	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/Oidentical
USB 2.0 connectorsKnown for one	4	—Unknown — not stated by the source
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	6	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	6	—Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known 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	3	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O portsidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	6	—Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsKnown for one	2	—Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	0	—Unknown — not stated by the source
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	0	—Unknown — not stated by the source
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one	0	—Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI-D 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
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Digital audio optical outKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Ethernet interface typeKnown for one	Gigabit Ethernet	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Component forKnown for one	PC	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Motherboard form factor	ATX	ATX
Motherboard chipset familyKnown for one	NVIDIA	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio chipKnown for one	ADI AD1988B	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channels	7.1 channels	7.1 channels
Power source type	ATX	ATX
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 Express x16 (Gen 2.x) slotsKnown for one	2	—Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI slotsKnown for one	2	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	3 x PCI-E x1 2 x PCI 1 x PCI-E 2.0 x16
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	AWARD	—Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	64 Mbit	—Unknown — not stated by the source
ACPI versionKnown for one	2.0	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	305 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	244 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source

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