GIGABYTE H310M DS2V vs MSI H310M WATER

Comparison of H310M DS2V, H310M WATER

66 specifications	A GIGABYTE H310M DS2VView product	B MSI H310M WATERView product
Memoryidentical
Unbuffered memoryKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/Oidentical
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Serial port headersKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports2 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers	2	4
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8111H
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one	2	—Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x1 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	2
PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	16 Mbit	—Unknown — not stated by the source
ACPI versionKnown for one	5.0	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) versionKnown for one	2.7	—Unknown — not stated by the source
System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) versionKnown for one	2.7	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Serial port via internal headerKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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