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GIGABYTE GA-H270M-DS3H motherboard Intel® H270 LGA 1151 (Socket H4) micro ATX vs MSI B250M PRO-VH

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  • 55specifications compared
  • 12differ
  • 43identical
  • 19known for one product only

Key differences

  • Number of memory slots
    • GA-H270M-DS3H motherboard Intel® H270 LGA 1151 (Socket H4) micro ATX:4
    • B250M PRO-VH:2
  • Supported memory clock speeds
    • GA-H270M-DS3H motherboard Intel® H270 LGA 1151 (Socket H4) micro ATX:2400,2133 MHz
    • B250M PRO-VH:2133,2400 MHz
  • USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors
    • GA-H270M-DS3H motherboard Intel® H270 LGA 1151 (Socket H4) micro ATX:2
    • B250M PRO-VH:1
  • Number of chassis fan connectors
    • GA-H270M-DS3H motherboard Intel® H270 LGA 1151 (Socket H4) micro ATX:3
    • B250M PRO-VH:1
  • DVI-D ports quantity
    • GA-H270M-DS3H motherboard Intel® H270 LGA 1151 (Socket H4) micro ATX:1
    • B250M PRO-VH:0
  • Motherboard chipset
    • GA-H270M-DS3H motherboard Intel® H270 LGA 1151 (Socket H4) micro ATX:Intel® H270
    • B250M PRO-VH:Intel® B250
  • BIOS type
    • GA-H270M-DS3H motherboard Intel® H270 LGA 1151 (Socket H4) micro ATX:UEFI AMI
    • B250M PRO-VH:UEFI
  • Width
    • GA-H270M-DS3H motherboard Intel® H270 LGA 1151 (Socket H4) micro ATX:215 mm
    • B250M PRO-VH:185 mm

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Comparison of GA-H270M-DS3H, B250M PRO-VH
74 specifications
Processor1 differ
Compatible processor seriesDiffersIntel® Core™ i3, Intel® Core™ i5, Intel® Core™ i7Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Pentium®
Intel Core i3/i5/i7/i9 seriesKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourcei3-6xxx, i3-7xxx, i5-6xxx, i5-7xxx, i7-6xxx, i7-7xxx
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers42
Supported memory clock speedsDiffers2400,2133 MHz2133,2400 MHz
Memory voltageKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1.2,1.35,1.25 V
Maximum internal memoryKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source32 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one0, 1, 5, 10Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectorsDiffers21
Number of SATA Express connectorsKnown for one2Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers31
TPM connectorKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Rear panel I/O ports1 differ
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers10
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
Ethernet interface typeDiffersFast Ethernet, Gigabit EthernetGigabit Ethernet
LAN controllerKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceRealtek RTL8111H
Wi-FiKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceNo
Features2 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffersIntel® H270Intel® B250
Windows operating systems supportedDiffersWindows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, WindowsYes
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one2Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one2Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x1 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2
PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
BIOS1 differ
BIOS typeDiffersUEFI AMIUEFI
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one64 MbitUnknown — not stated by the source
ACPI versionKnown for one5.0Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor special featuresidentical
Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers215 mm185 mm
DepthDiffers244 mm226 mm
Other featuresidentical
Parallel port via internal headerKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source

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