Product comparison · 2 motherboards

MSI H55M-E21 motherboard Intel® H55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX vs MSI H67MS-E23 (B3)

41specifications compared
14differ
27identical
19known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- H55M-E21 motherboard Intel® H55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:LGA 1156 (Socket H)
- H67MS-E23 (B3):LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
Supported memory clock speeds
- H55M-E21 motherboard Intel® H55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:1066,1333,1600 MHz
- H67MS-E23 (B3):1066,1333 MHz
Maximum internal memory
- H55M-E21 motherboard Intel® H55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:8 GB
- H67MS-E23 (B3):16 GB
Supported memory module capacities
- H55M-E21 motherboard Intel® H55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:1GB, 2GB, 4GB
- H67MS-E23 (B3):1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB
Number of SATA II connectors
- H55M-E21 motherboard Intel® H55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:6
- H67MS-E23 (B3):4
Number of Parallel ATA connectors
- H55M-E21 motherboard Intel® H55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:1
- H67MS-E23 (B3):0
PS/2 ports quantity
- H55M-E21 motherboard Intel® H55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:2
- H67MS-E23 (B3):1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
- H55M-E21 motherboard Intel® H55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:0
- H67MS-E23 (B3):1

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Comparison of H55M-E21, H67MS-E23 (B3)
60 specifications	A MSI H55M-E21 motherboard Intel® H55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX Model H55M-E21 View product	B MSI H67MS-E23 (B3)View product
Processor2 differ
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 1156 (Socket H)	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	Intel® Core™ i3, Intel® Core™ i5	Intel® Core™ i3, Intel® Core™ i5, Intel® Core™ i7
Memory3 differ
Supported memory clock speedsDiffers	1066,1333,1600 MHz	1066,1333 MHz
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	16 GB
Supported memory module capacitiesDiffers	1GB, 2GB, 4GB	1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB
Supported memory typesKnown for one	DDR3-SDRAM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfacesKnown for one	SATA II	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O2 differ
Number of SATA III connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Number of SATA II connectorsDiffers	6	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsDiffers	1	0
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	2
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Parallel connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O ports3 differ
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	2	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	0	1
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
HDMI versionKnown for one	1.3	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI-I ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network2 differ
Ethernet interface typeDiffers	Fast Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet
LAN controllerDiffers	Realtek RTL8105E	Realtek RTL8111E
BluetoothKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networking featuresKnown for one	Fast Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Motherboard chipset familyKnown for one	Intel	Unknown — not stated by the source
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® H55	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.0
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	210 mm	245 mm
DepthDiffers	245 mm	215 mm
Other featuresidentical
Controller 2nd interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SATAII 3Gb/s
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SATAIII 6Gb/s

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