Product comparison · 2 motherboards

GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3P motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX vs MSI P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX

32specifications compared
12differ
20identical
27known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- GA-P55A-UD3P motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:LGA 1156 (Socket H)
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:LGA 775 (Socket T)
Number of memory slots
- GA-P55A-UD3P motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:4
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:2
Maximum internal memory
- GA-P55A-UD3P motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:16 GB
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:4 GB
Number of SATA connectors
- GA-P55A-UD3P motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:8
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:4
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- GA-P55A-UD3P motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:8
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:4
eSATA ports quantity
- GA-P55A-UD3P motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:2
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:0
PS/2 ports quantity
- GA-P55A-UD3P motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:1
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:2
COM ports quantity
- GA-P55A-UD3P motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:0
- P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:1

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Comparison of GA-P55A-UD3P, P41-C31
59 specifications	A GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3P motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX Model GA-P55A-UD3P View product	B MSI P41-C31 motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model P41-C31 View product
Processor1 differ
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 1156 (Socket H)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® Core™2 Quad
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	4	2
Memory voltageKnown for one	1.5 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	16 GB	4 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 10	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O1 differ
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	8	4
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Front panel audio connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
TPM connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O ports4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	8	4
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	2	0
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
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 quantityDiffers	0	1
WiFi-AP antenna jackKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
Networking featuresDiffers	10/100/1000 Mbit	10/100/1000 Mbps
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8111D(L)
Features1 differ
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® P55	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio chipDiffers	Realtek ALC889	Realtek ALC889 / ALC888S
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Win XP, Vista, 7	Unknown — not stated by the source
Overclocking featuresKnown for one	PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots1 differ
PCI Express x16 slotsDiffers	2	1
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	32 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	244 mm	193 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Norton Internet Security	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
S/PDIF in connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Controller 2nd interface typeKnown for one	ATA-133/100/66/33	Unknown — not stated by the source
Controller interface typeKnown for one	iTE IT8720	Unknown — not stated by the source
AGP x4 slotsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
AGP x8 slotsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Special featuresKnown for one	@BIOS Q-Flash Xpress BIOS Rescue Download Center Xpress Install Xpress Recovery2	Unknown — not stated by the source

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