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Product comparison · 2 motherboards

GIGABYTE GA-Q270M-D3H motherboard Intel® Q270 LGA 1151 (Socket H4) ATX vs MSI B250I GAMING PRO AC

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  • 53specifications compared
  • 16differ
  • 37identical
  • 35known for one product only

Key differences

  • Number of memory slots
    • 4
    • 2
  • Maximum internal memory
    • 64 GB
    • 32 GB
  • USB 2.0 connectors
    • 2
    • 1
  • USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors
    • 2
    • 1
  • Number of SATA III connectors
    • 6
    • 4
  • Serial port headers
    • 2
    • 1
  • PS/2 ports quantity
    • 2
    • 1
  • VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
    • 1
    • 0

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88 specifications
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GIGABYTE

GA-Q270M-D3H motherboard Intel® Q270 LGA 1151 (Socket H4) ATX

Model GA-Q270M-D3H

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B250I GAMING PRO ACView product
Processoridentical
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one1
Intel Core i3/i5/i7/i9 seriesKnown for onei3-6xxx, i3-7xxx, i5-6xxx, i5-7xxx, i7-6xxx, i7-7xxx
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers42
Maximum internal memoryDiffers64 GB32 GB
Unbuffered memoryKnown for oneYes
Graphicsidentical
Maximum resolutionKnown for one4096 x 2160 pixels
DirectX versionKnown for one12.0
Internal I/O4 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers21
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectorsDiffers21
Number of SATA III connectorsDiffers64
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for oneYes
Serial port headersDiffers21
TPM connectorKnown for oneYes
Number of SATA Express connectorsKnown for one1
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for oneYes
Rear panel I/O ports3 differ
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers21
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers10
HDMI ports quantityDiffers01
WiFi-AP antenna jackKnown for one2
USB connector typeKnown for oneUSB Type-A
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one1
S/PDIF out portKnown for oneYes
Network2 differ
Ethernet interface typeDiffersFast Ethernet, Gigabit EthernetGigabit Ethernet
LAN controllerKnown for oneRealtek RTL8111H
Wi-FiDiffersNoYes
Wi-Fi standardsKnown for one802.11a, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
BluetoothKnown for oneYes
Bluetooth versionKnown for one4.2
Features2 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffersATXmini ITX
Motherboard chipsetDiffersIntel® Q270Intel® B250
Audio chipKnown for oneRealtek ALC887
PC health monitoringKnown for oneFan, Temperature
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for oneYes
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for oneYes
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for one1
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one1
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one2
PCI slotsKnown for one1
BIOS1 differ
BIOS memory sizeDiffers16 Mbit128 Mbit
Processor special featuresidentical
Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)Known for oneYes
Intel® Optane™ Memory ReadyKnown for oneYes
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers244 mm170 mm
DepthDiffers244 mm170 mm
Packaging contentidentical
ManualKnown for oneYes
Drivers includedKnown for oneYes
Bundled softwareKnown for oneCOMMAND CENTER LIVE UPDATE 6 MSI SMART TOOL FAST BOOT SUPER CHARGER GAMING APP RAMDISK X-BOOST GAMING LAN MANAGER XSplit Gamecaster V2 Intel Extreme Tuning Utility Norton Internet SecuritSolution Google Chrome Google Toolbar Google Drive SteelSeries Engine 3 CPU-Z MSI GAMING DRAGON EYE
Other featuresidentical
Number of M.2 (E) slotsKnown for one1
Parallel port via internal headerKnown for oneYes
Serial port via internal headerKnown for oneYes
Storage controllersidentical
Supported storage drive typesKnown for oneHDD & SSD
RAID levelsKnown for one0, 1, 5, 10

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