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GIGABYTE GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX vs MSI P6N Diamond

13specifications compared
9differ
4identical
27known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:Socket 604 (mPGA604)
- P6N Diamond:LGA 775 (Socket T)
Compatible processor series
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:Intel® Xeon®
- P6N Diamond:Intel® Core™2 Duo
Processor system buses supported
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:800 MHz
- P6N Diamond:1333 MHz
Number of memory slots
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:6
- P6N Diamond:4
Maximum internal memory
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:24 GB
- P6N Diamond:8 GB
RAID levels
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:0, 1, 10
- P6N Diamond:0, 1, 0+1
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:2
- P6N Diamond:4
Motherboard form factor
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:Extended ATX
- P6N Diamond:ATX

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Comparison of GA-9IVDTH, P6N Diamond
40 specifications	A GIGABYTE GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX Model GA-9IVDTH View product	B MSI P6N Diamond View product
Processor3 differ
Processor socketDiffers	Socket 604 (mPGA604)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	Intel® Xeon®	Intel® Core™2 Duo
Processor system buses supportedDiffers	800 MHz	1333 MHz
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	6	4
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	24 GB	8 GB
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 10	0, 1, 0+1
Internal I/Oidentical
USB 2.0 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Front panel audio connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CD/AUX audio inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown 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 ports1 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	2	4
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	1	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
Features1 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	Extended ATX	ATX
Audio output channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.1 channels
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Vista Premium
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® E7320	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	2 x PCI-X, 1 x PCI-E, 3 x PCI	2 x PCI 1 x PCI-E x1 4x PCI-E x16
Other featuresidentical
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	8 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics cardKnown for one	Rage XL	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Intel® 82541GI	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networking featuresKnown for one	GbE	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	64 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	305 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	330 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source

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