Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P5Q-E LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX

23specifications compared
8differ
15identical
20known for one product only

Key differences

USB 2.0 connectors
- P5Q-E LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:6
- GA-EP45-DS3 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:2
Number of chassis fan connectors
- P5Q-E LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:1
- GA-EP45-DS3 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:2
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- P5Q-E LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:6
- GA-EP45-DS3 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:8
PS/2 ports quantity
- P5Q-E LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:1
- GA-EP45-DS3 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- P5Q-E LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:1
- GA-EP45-DS3 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:2
Audio chip
- P5Q-E LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:ADI AD2000B
- GA-EP45-DS3 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:Realtek ALC889A
BIOS memory size
- P5Q-E LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:16 Mbit
- GA-EP45-DS3 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:64 Mbit

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Comparison of P5Q-E, GA-EP45-DS3
43 specifications	A ASUS P5Q-E LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model P5Q-E View product	B GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model GA-EP45-DS3 View product
Memoryidentical
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	6	2
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known 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 connectorsDiffers	1	2
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
TPM connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports3 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	6	8
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	1	2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
DVI-D ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8111C
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100/1000 Mbit
Features1 differ
Audio chipDiffers	ADI AD2000B	Realtek ALC889A
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows Vista/XP
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 1 x PCI Express x16 2 x PCI Express x1 2 x PCI	1 x PCIE x16 1 x PCIE 2.0 x8 3 x PCIE x1 2 x PCI
BIOS1 differ
BIOS typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AWARD
BIOS memory sizeDiffers	16 Mbit	64 Mbit
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 10	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

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