Product comparison · 2 motherboards

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 Rev.2.0 vs MSI P6N SLI Platinum

14specifications compared
6differ
8identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

Number of IEEE1394 connectors
- GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 Rev.2.0:2
- P6N SLI Platinum:1
eSATA ports quantity
- GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 Rev.2.0:0
- P6N SLI Platinum:1
Audio chip
- GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 Rev.2.0:Realtek ALC888DD
- P6N SLI Platinum:Realtek ALC888
Width
- GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 Rev.2.0:305 mm
- P6N SLI Platinum:245 mm
Depth
- GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 Rev.2.0:224 mm
- P6N SLI Platinum:304 mm

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Comparison of GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 Rev.2.0, P6N SLI Platinum
38 specifications	A GIGABYTE GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 Rev.2.0 View product	B MSI P6N SLI Platinum View product
Processoridentical
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® Celeron® D, Intel® Pentium® D
Processor system buses supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1333 MHz
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 5	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O1 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsKnown for one	3	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	8	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Front panel audio connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD/AUX audio inKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsDiffers	2	1
Rear panel I/O ports1 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	0	1
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Headphone outputsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Microphone inKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
COM ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	Ethernet/Fast Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Audio chipDiffers	Realtek ALC888DD	Realtek ALC888
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Vista Premium
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	2 x PCI Express X16 3 x PCI Express X1 2 x PCI	1 x PCI-E (x1) 3 x PCI 2 x PCI-E x16
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	305 mm	245 mm
DepthDiffers	224 mm	304 mm
Other featuresidentical
I/O portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 x USB 2.0 4 x S-ATA II RAID 2 x U-DMA133 IDE

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