ASUS P5PL2 Motherboard vs GIGABYTE GA-8I915G PRO

Comparison of P5PL2 Motherboard, GA-8I915G PRO

32 specifications	A ASUS P5PL2 MotherboardView product	B GIGABYTE GA-8I915G PROView product
Processoridentical
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socket	LGA 775 (Socket T)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Intel® Pentium® 4	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Memoryidentical
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	4 GB
Internal I/Oidentical
USB 2.0 connectorsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
CD/AUX audio inKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	3
Rear panel I/O portsidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Headphone outputsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Microphone inKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Network1 differ
Networking featuresDiffers	Gigabit Ethernet	Marvell 8001 Gigabit Ethernet
Featuresidentical
Motherboard form factor	ATX	ATX
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Audio output channelsKnown for one	5.1 channels	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	PCI Express x16 AGP 8x	1 x PCIe X 16 3 x PCIe X 1 2 x PCI
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	305 mm
DepthKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Norton Internet Security 2004 - Norton Anti Virus - Norton Personal Firewall - Norton Privacy Control - Norton Parental Control - Norton Spam Alert GIGABYTE Windows Utility Manager Adobe Acrobat Reader
Other featuresidentical
Audio outputKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	C-Media 9880
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Serial ATA	—Unknown — not stated by the source
I/O portsKnown for one	S/PDIF-out	—Unknown — not stated by the source

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