Product comparison · 2 motherboards

GIGABYTE P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX vs MSI P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX

21specifications compared
7differ
14identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

The MSI P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX has 4 more USB 2.0 connectors than the GIGABYTE P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX (6 vs 2). The GIGABYTE P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX has 2 more SATA connectors than the MSI P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX (8 vs 6). The GIGABYTE P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX has 2 more USB 2.0 ports quantity than the MSI P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX (10 vs 8).

USB 2.0 connectors
- P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:2
- P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:6
Number of SATA connectors
- P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:8
- P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:6
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:10
- P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:8
eSATA ports quantity
- P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:2
- P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:0
PS/2 ports quantity
- P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:1
- P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:2
- P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:1
Headphone outputs
- P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:6
- P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:1

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Comparison of P55-UD4, P55-GD65
49 specifications	A GIGABYTE P55-UD4 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX Model P55-UD4 View product	B MSI P55-GD65 Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX Model P55-GD65 View product
Memoryidentical
Memory voltageKnown for one	1.5 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 10	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	2	6
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	8	6
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD/AUX audio inKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports5 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	10	8
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	2	0
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	2	1
Headphone outputsDiffers	6	1
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
COM ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
WiFi-AP antenna jackKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	10/100/1000 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Audio chipKnown for one	Realtek ALC888	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Win XP, Vista, 7	Unknown — not stated by the source
Overclocking featuresKnown for one	nP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one	3	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	32 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	305 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	244 mm	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
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
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Yes	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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