Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D vs GIGABYTE GA-M55S-S3 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX

20specifications compared
4differ
16identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

Processor manufacturer
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:Intel
- GA-M55S-S3 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:AMD
Processor socket
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:LGA 775 (Socket T)
- GA-M55S-S3 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:Socket AM2
USB 2.0 connectors
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:4
- GA-M55S-S3 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:3
Number of IEEE1394 connectors
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:1
- GA-M55S-S3 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:2

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Comparison of P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D, GA-M55S-S3
37 specifications	A ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D View product	B GIGABYTE GA-M55S-S3 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX Model GA-M55S-S3 View product
Processor2 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	Intel	AMD
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 775 (Socket T)	Socket AM2
Memoryidentical
Number of memory slots	4	4
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	8 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	4	3
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
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsDiffers	1	2
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
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
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Headphone outputs	1	1
Microphone in	Yes	Yes
S/PDIF out port	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
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
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Gigabit Ethernet
Featuresidentical
Motherboard form factor	ATX	ATX
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 x PCI Express x 16 4 x PCI Express 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	234 mm
Other featuresidentical
Audio outputKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC883 Audio Codec
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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