Product comparison · 2 motherboards

GIGABYTE GA-P61-DS3-B3 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX vs MSI GF615M-P33 V2

40specifications compared
16differ
24identical
26known for one product only

Key differences

Processor manufacturer
- GA-P61-DS3-B3 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:Intel
- GF615M-P33 V2:AMD
Processor socket
- GA-P61-DS3-B3 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
- GF615M-P33 V2:Socket AM3
On-board graphics card
- GA-P61-DS3-B3 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:No
- GF615M-P33 V2:Yes
Number of Parallel ATA connectors
- GA-P61-DS3-B3 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:0
- GF615M-P33 V2:1
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- GA-P61-DS3-B3 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:6
- GF615M-P33 V2:4
PS/2 ports quantity
- GA-P61-DS3-B3 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:1
- GF615M-P33 V2:2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
- GA-P61-DS3-B3 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:0
- GF615M-P33 V2:1
Headphone outputs
- GA-P61-DS3-B3 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:3
- GF615M-P33 V2:1

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Comparison of GA-P61-DS3-B3, GF615M-P33 V2
66 specifications	A GIGABYTE GA-P61-DS3-B3 motherboard Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX Model GA-P61-DS3-B3 View product	B MSI GF615M-P33 V2 View product
Processor3 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	Intel	AMD
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)	Socket AM3
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	Intel® Core™ i3, Intel® Core™ i5, Intel® Core™ i7	AMD Phenom II X4
System bus rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 GT/s
Memoryidentical
Memory channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Dual-channel
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 5, 10
Graphics1 differ
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	256 MB
On-board graphics cardDiffers	No	Yes
Graphics card familyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	NVIDIA
Graphics cardKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	GeForce 7025
Internal I/O1 differ
Number of SATA II connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsDiffers	0	1
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
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
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Peripheral (Molex) power connectors (4-pin)Known for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	6	4
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	0	1
Headphone outputsDiffers	3	1
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	Gigabit Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features3 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	ATX	micro ATX
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® H61	NVIDIA nForce 630a
Audio chipDiffers	Realtek ALC889	Realtek ALC887
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows XP, Vista, 7	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsDiffers	2	1
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.0
PCI slotsDiffers	3	1
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	305 mm	244 mm
DepthDiffers	190 mm	205 mm
Other featuresidentical
Controller 2nd interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Ultra DMA 66/100/133
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SATA II 3Gb/s
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	AWARD	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	64 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
ACPI versionKnown for one	1.0b	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Norton Internet Security	Unknown — not stated by the source

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