Product comparison · 2 motherboards

GIGABYTE GA-M78SM-S2H motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX vs MSI K9N2GM-FIH motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX

25specifications compared
6differ
19identical
18known for one product only

Key differences

Number of memory slots
- GA-M78SM-S2H motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:2
- K9N2GM-FIH motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:4
USB 2.0 connectors
- GA-M78SM-S2H motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:12
- K9N2GM-FIH motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:4
PS/2 ports quantity
- GA-M78SM-S2H motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:1
- K9N2GM-FIH motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- GA-M78SM-S2H motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:0
- K9N2GM-FIH motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:1
DVI-D ports quantity
- GA-M78SM-S2H motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:1
- K9N2GM-FIH motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:0
Depth
- GA-M78SM-S2H motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:210 mm
- K9N2GM-FIH motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:244 mm

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Comparison of GA-M78SM-S2H, K9N2GM-FIH
43 specifications	A GIGABYTE GA-M78SM-S2H motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX Model GA-M78SM-S2H View product	B MSI K9N2GM-FIH motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX Model K9N2GM-FIH View product
Memory1 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	2	4
Memory voltageKnown for one	1.8 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O1 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	12	4
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O ports3 differ
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	0	1
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Headphone outputsKnown for one	3	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
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	10/100/1000 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Microsoft Windows Vista, XP	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	2 x PCI	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	210 mm	244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Trial softwareKnown for one	Norton Internet Security	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
S/PDIF in portKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	NVIDIA GeForce 8200
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD

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