Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D vs GIGABYTE GA-945GM-S2 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX

19specifications compared
3differ
16identical
19known for one product only

Key differences

Maximum internal memory
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:8 GB
- GA-945GM-S2 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:4
- GA-945GM-S2 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2
Motherboard form factor
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:ATX
- GA-945GM-S2 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:micro ATX

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Comparison of P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D, GA-945GM-S2
38 specifications	A ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D View product	B GIGABYTE GA-945GM-S2 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX Model GA-945GM-S2 View product
Processoridentical
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socket	LGA 775 (Socket T)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Memory1 differ
Number of memory slots	4	4
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	4 GB
Internal I/O1 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	4	2
Number of SATA connectors	4	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	1	1
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Front panel audio connector	Yes	Yes
CD/AUX audio in	Yes	Yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)	Yes	Yes
CPU fan connector	Yes	Yes
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O portsidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantity	4	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1	1
PS/2 ports quantity	2	2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Headphone outputs	1	1
Microphone in	Yes	Yes
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
COM ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8111B
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Gigabit Ethernet
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	ATX	micro ATX
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 x PCI Express x 16 1 x PCI Express x 1 2 x PCI
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	233 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	244 mm
Other featuresidentical
Audio outputKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC883
Floppy disk drive connector	Yes	Yes
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Drivers BIOS flash utility AI Booster ASUS PC Probe II RAID utility Anti virus software Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 Microsoft Direct X 9.0C	Unknown — not stated by the source

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