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ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) vs ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black

27specifications compared
12differ
15identical
9known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black has 4 more DIMM slots than the ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) (12 vs 8). The ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black has 2 more storage drives supported than the ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) (6 vs 4). The ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) has 24 MB more maximum graphics card memory than the ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black (32 MB vs 8 MB). Processor socket: LGA 771 (Socket J) on the ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U), Socket B (LGA 1366) on the ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black. RAID levels: 0, 1, 1E on the ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U), 0, 1 on the ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black.

Processor socket
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):LGA 771 (Socket J)
- RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black:Socket B (LGA 1366)
Number of DIMM slots
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):8
- RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black:12
Number of storage drives supported
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):4
- RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black:6
RAID levels
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):0, 1, 1E
- RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black:0, 1
Maximum graphics card memory
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):32 MB
- RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black:8 MB
LAN controller
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):Intel® 82563EB
- RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black:Intel® 82574L
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):4
- RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black:3
Power supply
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):650 W
- RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black:600 W

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Comparison of RS160-S5, RS500-E6/PS4
36 specifications	A ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) Model RS160-S5 View product	B ASUS RS500-E6/PS4 Intel® 5500 Socket B (LGA 1366) Rack (1U) Black Model RS500-E6/PS4 View product
Processor1 differ
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® 5500
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 771 (Socket J)	Socket B (LGA 1366)
Processor familyKnown for one	Intel	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory1 differ
Number of DIMM slotsDiffers	8	12
ECC	Yes	Yes
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	32 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage2 differ
Number of storage drives supportedDiffers	4	6
Storage controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel ICH10R
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 1E	0, 1
Supported storage drive interfacesKnown for one	Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics1 differ
Maximum graphics card memoryDiffers	32 MB	8 MB
Network1 differ
Ethernet LAN	Yes	Yes
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet
LAN controllerDiffers	Intel® 82563EB	Intel® 82574L
Ports & interfaces1 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantity	4	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	4	3
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	1	1
Serial ports quantity	1	1
PS/2 ports quantity	2	2
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x8 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
PCI Express x16 slots	1	1
Features1 differ
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	- Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise (32/64 bit), - RedHat Enterprise Linux AS3.0 (32/64 bit), - RedHat Enterprise Linux AS4.0 (32/64 bit), - SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (32/64 bit)	Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32/64-bit, Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise (32/64 bit), RedHat Enterprise Linux AS5.0 (32/64 bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32/64 bit)
Designidentical
Chassis type	Rack (1U)	Rack (1U)
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Black
Power1 differ
Power supplyDiffers	650 W	600 W
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 90%	20 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C	10 - 35 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Weight & dimensions2 differ
DepthDiffers	444 mm	615 mm
Height	43.4 mm	43.4 mm
Weight	15 kg	15 kg
WidthDiffers	686 mm	444 mm
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled software	ASWM2.0	ASWM2.0
Other features1 differ
Graphics cardKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AST2050
Expansion slotsDiffers	1 x SO-DIMM	1 x PIKE
Storage drive controllerKnown for one	LSI 1068 PCI-X	Unknown — not stated by the source

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