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ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX vs ASUS P5Q SE/R

32specifications compared
10differ
22identical
33known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX has 3 more USB 2.0 connectors than the ASUS P5Q SE/R (6 vs 3). The ASUS P5Q SE/R has 1 more PS/2 ports quantity than the ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX (2 vs 1). The ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX has 1 more firewire (IEEE 1394) ports than the ASUS P5Q SE/R (1 vs 0). RAID levels: 0, 1, 10 on the ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX, 0, 1, 5, 10 on the ASUS P5Q SE/R. LAN controller: Realtek RTL8111C on the ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX, Atheros L1E on the ASUS P5Q SE/R.

RAID levels
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:0, 1, 10
- P5Q SE/R:0, 1, 5, 10
USB 2.0 connectors
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:6
- P5Q SE/R:3
PS/2 ports quantity
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
- P5Q SE/R:2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
- P5Q SE/R:0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
- P5Q SE/R:0
HDMI ports quantity
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
- P5Q SE/R:0
DVI-D ports quantity
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
- P5Q SE/R:0
LAN controller
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:Realtek RTL8111C
- P5Q SE/R:Atheros L1E

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Comparison of P5Q-EM, P5Q SE/R
65 specifications	A ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX Model P5Q-EM View product	B ASUS P5Q SE/R View product
Processoridentical
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socket	LGA 775 (Socket T)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Celeron® Dual-Core, Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memoryidentical
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
Supported memory clock speedsKnown for one	667,800,1066 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum internal memory	16 GB	16 GB
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Non-ECC
Storage controllers1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesKnown for one	IDE, SATA II	Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 10	0, 1, 5, 10
Internal I/O1 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	6	3
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 connectors	6	6
S/PDIF out connector	Yes	Yes
Front panel audio connector	Yes	Yes
CD/AUX audio in	Yes	Yes
Power fan connector	Yes	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectors	1	1
Chassis intrusion connector	Yes	Yes
Number of COM connectors	1	1
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
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
TPM connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O ports5 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantity	6	6
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) ports	1	1
eSATA ports quantity	0	0
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	1	0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	1	0
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	1	0
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	1	0
S/PDIF out port	Yes	Yes
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Network1 differ
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ethernet interface typeKnown for one	Gigabit Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
LAN controllerDiffers	Realtek RTL8111C	Atheros L1E
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Gigabit LAN
Features1 differ
Component forKnown for one	PC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Motherboard form factorDiffers	micro ATX	ATX
Motherboard chipset familyKnown for one	Intel	Unknown — not stated by the source
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® G45	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio chip	Realtek ALC1200	Realtek ALC1200
Audio output channels	7.1 channels	7.1 channels
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Expansion slots1 differ
PCI Express x1 slots	2	2
PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.x) slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI slotsDiffers	1	3
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
BIOSidentical
BIOS type	AMI	AMI
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit	64 Mbit
ACPI versionKnown for one	2.0a	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	244 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	244 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Other featuresidentical
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Manageability featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE

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