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GIGABYTE G1.Sniper B5 vs GIGABYTE GA-Q87M-D2H motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX

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  • 57specifications compared
  • 14differ
  • 43identical
  • 25known for one product only

Key differences

  • Supported storage drive interfaces
    • G1.Sniper B5:SATA II, SATA III
    • GA-Q87M-D2H motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:SATA III
  • Number of SATA III connectors
    • G1.Sniper B5:4
    • GA-Q87M-D2H motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:6
  • Number of SATA II connectors
    • G1.Sniper B5:2
    • GA-Q87M-D2H motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:0
  • Number of chassis fan connectors
    • G1.Sniper B5:3
    • GA-Q87M-D2H motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:1
  • VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
    • G1.Sniper B5:0
    • GA-Q87M-D2H motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:1
  • DVI-D ports quantity
    • G1.Sniper B5:0
    • GA-Q87M-D2H motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:1
  • Motherboard form factor
    • G1.Sniper B5:ATX
    • GA-Q87M-D2H motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:micro ATX
  • Motherboard chipset
    • G1.Sniper B5:Intel® B85
    • GA-Q87M-D2H motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:Intel® Q87

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Comparison of G1.Sniper B5, GA-Q87M-D2H
82 specifications
Processoridentical
Intel Core i3/i5/i7/i9 seriesKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourcei3-4xxx, i5-4xxx, i7-4xxx
Memoryidentical
Maximum internal memoryKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source32 GB
Internal memoryKnown for one32 GBUnknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllers1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffersSATA II, SATA IIISATA III
RAID levelsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source0, 1, 5, 10
Graphicsidentical
Graphics card familyKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceIntel
Discrete graphics supportKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Internal I/O3 differ
Number of SATA III connectorsDiffers46
Number of SATA II connectorsDiffers20
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers31
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one6Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
Power fan connectorKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports2 differ
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers01
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers01
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
Features3 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffersATXmicro ATX
Motherboard chipsetDiffersIntel® B85Intel® Q87
Audio chipDiffersRealtek ALC898Realtek ALC887
PC health monitoringKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceCPU, Fan, Power supply, Temperature
Cooling typeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourcePassive
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.x) slotsDiffers21
PCI Express x4 (Gen 2.x) slotsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
PCI slotsDiffers21
PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.x) slotsKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOS1 differ
BIOS memory sizeDiffers128 Mbit64 Mbit
Processor special featuresidentical
Processor with Intel Graphics Technology requiredKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers305 mm244 mm
DepthDiffers225 mm244 mm
Other featuresidentical
Dual Link DVIKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Intel® vPro™ Platform EligibilityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Number of processors supportedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
PCI Express slots quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source3
Parallel port via internal headerKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Serial port via internal headerKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
S/PDIF in connectorKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source

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