Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-870A-USB3 motherboard Socket AM3 ATX

42specifications compared
15differ
27identical
27known for one product only

Key differences

Processor manufacturer
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:Intel
- GA-870A-USB3 motherboard Socket AM3 ATX:AMD
Processor socket
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
- GA-870A-USB3 motherboard Socket AM3 ATX:Socket AM3
Number of memory slots
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:2
- GA-870A-USB3 motherboard Socket AM3 ATX:4
USB 2.0 connectors
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:3
- GA-870A-USB3 motherboard Socket AM3 ATX:2
Number of SATA connectors
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:4
- GA-870A-USB3 motherboard Socket AM3 ATX:6
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:4
- GA-870A-USB3 motherboard Socket AM3 ATX:8
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:0
- GA-870A-USB3 motherboard Socket AM3 ATX:2
PS/2 ports quantity
- P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:2
- GA-870A-USB3 motherboard Socket AM3 ATX:1

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Comparison of P8H61, GA-870A-USB3
69 specifications	A ASUS P8H61 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX Model P8H61 View product	B GIGABYTE GA-870A-USB3 motherboard Socket AM3 ATX Model GA-870A-USB3 View product
Processor3 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	Intel	AMD
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)	Socket AM3
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	Intel® Core™ i3, Intel® Core™ i5, Intel® Core™ i7	AMD Phenom II Dual-Core Mobile
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
System bus rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5.2 GT/s
Memory1 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	2	4
Memory voltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.5 V
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported memory module capacitiesKnown for one	2GB, 4GB, 8GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	3	2
Number of SATA III connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	4	6
CD/AUX audio inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
EPS power connector (8-pin)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	8
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers	0	2
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	2	1
Headphone outputsDiffers	3	6
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	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
Network1 differ
Ethernet interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Gigabit Ethernet
Networking featuresDiffers	Gigabit LAN	Gigabit Ethernet
Featuresidentical
Motherboard southbridgeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AMD SB850
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 7/Vista/XP
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® H61	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio chipKnown for one	Realtek ALC887	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Expansion slots1 differ
PCI Express x16 slotsDiffers	1	2
BIOS2 differ
BIOS typeDiffers	EFI	AWARD
ACPI versionDiffers	2.0a	1.0b
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	203 mm	220 mm
Other featuresidentical
S/PDIF in connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
S/PDIF in portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ITE IT8720
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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