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ASUS P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX vs ASUS Rampage III Formula

35specifications compared
20differ
15identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
- Rampage III Formula:Socket B (LGA 1366)
Number of memory slots
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:2
- Rampage III Formula:6
Memory channels
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:Dual-channel
- Rampage III Formula:Triple-channel
Supported memory clock speeds
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:1066,1333 MHz
- Rampage III Formula:1333,1600,1800,2133,2200 MHz
Maximum internal memory
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:16 GB
- Rampage III Formula:24 GB
USB 2.0 connectors
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:3
- Rampage III Formula:2
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:4
- Rampage III Formula:7
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:0
- Rampage III Formula:2

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Comparison of P8H61, Rampage III Formula
63 specifications	A ASUS P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX Model P8H61 View product	B ASUS Rampage III Formula View product
Processor2 differ
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)	Socket B (LGA 1366)
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	Intel® Core™ i3, Intel® Core™ i5, Intel® Core™ i7	Intel® Core™ i7
Memory4 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	2	6
Memory channelsDiffers	Dual-channel	Triple-channel
ECC сompatibility	Non-ECC	Non-ECC
Supported memory clock speedsDiffers	1066,1333 MHz	1333,1600,1800,2133,2200 MHz
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	16 GB	24 GB
Supported memory module capacitiesKnown for one	2GB, 4GB, 8GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphicsidentical
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	Not supported	Unknown — not stated by the source
On-board graphics card	No	No
Internal I/O1 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	3	2
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out connector	Yes	Yes
Front panel audio connector	Yes	Yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)	Yes	Yes
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connector	Yes	Yes
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA III connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Number of SATA II connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6
Peripheral (Molex) power connectors (4-pin)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
EPS power connector (8-pin)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports6 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	7
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers	0	2
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1	1
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	0	2
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	2	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	0	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	0	0
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI-D ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Headphone outputsDiffers	3	5
Microphone in	Yes	Yes
COM ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Network1 differ
LAN controllerDiffers	Realtek RTL8111E	Intel® 82567V
Networking featuresKnown for one	Gigabit LAN	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ethernet interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Gigabit Ethernet
Features1 differ
Component for	PC	PC
Motherboard form factor	ATX	ATX
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® H61	Intel® X58
Audio chipKnown for one	Realtek ALC887	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channels	7.1 channels	7.1 channels
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Overclocking featuresKnown for one	vCore: adjustable CPU voltage at 0.01V increment vCCIO: adjustable I/O voltage at 0.005V increment vDRAM Bus: 190-step DRAM voltage control vPCH: 190-step chipset voltage control BCLK/PEG frequency tuning from 80MHz up to 300MHz at 1MHz increment ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Motherboard southbridgeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel ICH10R
Expansion slots1 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 slotsDiffers	1	3
PCI slotsKnown for one	3	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.0
BIOS3 differ
BIOS typeDiffers	EFI	AMI
BIOS memory sizeDiffers	32 Mbit	16 Mbit
ACPI versionDiffers	2.0a	2.0
Weight & dimensions1 differ
Width	305 mm	305 mm
DepthDiffers	203 mm	244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Trial softwareKnown for one	Anti-virus software (OEM version)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bundled softwareKnown for one	ASUS Update ASUS Utilities	Unknown — not stated by the source

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