Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D vs GIGABYTE GA-M59SLI-S4 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX

20specifications compared
5differ
15identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

Processor manufacturer
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:Intel
- GA-M59SLI-S4 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:AMD
Processor socket
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:LGA 775 (Socket T)
- GA-M59SLI-S4 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:Socket AM2
USB 2.0 connectors
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:4
- GA-M59SLI-S4 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:3
Number of SATA connectors
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:4
- GA-M59SLI-S4 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:6
Number of IEEE1394 connectors
- P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D:1
- GA-M59SLI-S4 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX:2

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Comparison of P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D, GA-M59SLI-S4
35 specifications	A ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel® Pentium Extreme Edition / Pentium D View product	B GIGABYTE GA-M59SLI-S4 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX Model GA-M59SLI-S4 View product
Processor2 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	Intel	AMD
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 775 (Socket T)	Socket AM2
Memoryidentical
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	8 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O3 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	4	3
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	4	6
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 connectorsDiffers	1	2
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O portsidentical
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
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
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
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 x PCI Express x 16 1 x PCI Express x 8 2 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	244 mm

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