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ASUS P7P55D-E Premium vs MSI P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX

30specifications compared
13differ
17identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- P7P55D-E Premium:LGA 1156 (Socket H)
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:LGA 775 (Socket T)
Number of memory slots
- P7P55D-E Premium:4
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:2
Maximum internal memory
- P7P55D-E Premium:16 GB
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:4 GB
Number of SATA connectors
- P7P55D-E Premium:8
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:4
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- P7P55D-E Premium:6
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- P7P55D-E Premium:2
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- P7P55D-E Premium:1
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:0
Networking features
- P7P55D-E Premium:10/100/1000 Mbit
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:10/100/1000 Mbps

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Comparison of P7P55D-E Premium, P41-C31
46 specifications	A ASUS P7P55D-E Premium View product	B MSI P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model P41-C31 View product
Processor1 differ
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 1156 (Socket H)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® Core™2 Quad
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	4	2
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	16 GB	4 GB
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O1 differ
USB 2.0 connectors	2	2
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	8	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	1	1
S/PDIF out connector	Yes	Yes
Front panel audio connector	Yes	Yes
CD/AUX audio in	Yes	Yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)	Yes	Yes
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
TPM connector	Yes	Yes
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports3 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	6	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	2	1
eSATA ports quantity	0	0
PS/2 ports quantity	2	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	1	0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	0	0
HDMI ports quantity	0	0
DVI-D ports quantity	0	0
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6
COM ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8111D(L)
Networking featuresDiffers	10/100/1000 Mbit	10/100/1000 Mbps
Features2 differ
Motherboard form factor	ATX	ATX
Audio chipDiffers	VIA VT2020	Realtek ALC889 / ALC888S
Audio output channelsDiffers	7.1+2 channels	7.1 channels
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® P55	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 slots	2	2
PCI Express x16 slotsDiffers	2	1
PCI slotsDiffers	2	3
Weight & dimensions1 differ
Width	305 mm	305 mm
DepthDiffers	244 mm	193 mm
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
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 5, 10	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	16 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source

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