GIGABYTE GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX vs MSI G31M3-F V2

Key differences

The GIGABYTE GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX has 28 GB more maximum internal memory than the MSI G31M3-F V2 (32 GB vs 4 GB). The GIGABYTE GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX has 2 more DirectX version than the MSI G31M3-F V2 (11 vs 9.0). The MSI G31M3-F V2 has 1 more parallel ATA connectors than the GIGABYTE GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX (1 vs 0). Processor socket: LGA 1155 (Socket H2) on the GIGABYTE GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX, LGA 775 (Socket T) on the MSI G31M3-F V2. Supported memory types: DDR3-SDRAM on the GIGABYTE GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX, DDR2-SDRAM on the MSI G31M3-F V2.

• Processor socket
  • GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
  • G31M3-F V2:LGA 775 (Socket T)
• Supported memory types
  • GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:DDR3-SDRAM
  • G31M3-F V2:DDR2-SDRAM
• Supported memory clock speeds
  • GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:1066,1333,1600,2800 MHz
  • G31M3-F V2:800,1066,1333 MHz
• Maximum internal memory
  • GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:32 GB
  • G31M3-F V2:4 GB
• Supported storage drive interfaces
  • GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:SATA II, SATA III
  • G31M3-F V2:SATA II
• DirectX version
  • GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:11
  • G31M3-F V2:9.0
• Number of Parallel ATA connectors
  • GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:0
  • G31M3-F V2:1
• PS/2 ports quantity
  • GA-Z77-HD4 motherboard Intel® Z77 Express LGA 1155 (Socket H2) ATX:1
  • G31M3-F V2:2