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Mobo 1 |
Mobo 2 |
Mobo 3 |
Mobo 4 |
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| Mobo Manufacturer |
ASRock |
Asus Inc. |
Asus Inc. |
MSI |
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| Model # |
X58 SuperComputer |
P6T6 Revolution |
M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP |
K9N2 Diamond |
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| Form Factor |
ATX (12in x 9.6) |
ATX (12in x 9.6in) |
ATX (12in x 9.6in) |
ATX (12in x 9.75in) |
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| CPU: Company |
Intel |
Intel |
AMD |
AMD |
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| CPU: Package or Socket |
Socket 1366 Core |
LGA 1366 package |
AM3 PGA-ZIF |
AM2+ |
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| CPU: Brand |
i7 Processor Extreme Edition |
Core i7, or Core i7 Extreme Edition |
AMD Phenom FX, X4, X2, or Athlon X2 |
Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 |
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| CPU: # of Cores |
quad core (4) |
quad core (4) |
quad core (4) |
quad core (4) |
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| CPU: Word Size |
64 bit |
64 bit |
64 bit |
64 bit |
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| CPU: L3 Cache Size |
8 MB |
8 MB |
6 MB |
2 MB |
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| CPU: L2 Cache Size |
256 KB each core |
256 KB each core |
512 KB per core |
512 KB per core |
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| CPU: L1 Cache Size |
64 KB each core |
64 KB each core |
64K of L1 instruction and 64K of L1 data cache per core |
128K of L1 per core |
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| CPU: Other |
Untied Overclocking Technology |
integrated memory controller |
AMD Cool'n'Quiet™ Technology |
supports AMD cpu with up to 140W power requirement |
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| CPU: Other |
hyper-threading |
hyper-threading |
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| Chipset |
Intel X58, ICH10R |
Intel X58, Nvidia nForce200 |
AMD 790FX / SB600 |
NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI single chipet |
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| Memory: Capacity |
6xDIMM, 24GB max |
6xDIMM, 12GB max |
4xDIMM, 8GB max |
4xDIMM, 8GB max |
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| Memory: Type |
DDR3 Non-ECC, Un-buffered |
DDR3 Non-ECC, Un-buffered |
DDR2 1600 Non-ECC, Un-buffered |
Supports Dual DDR2 533/667/800/1066+ |
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| Memory: Other |
Triple channel memory architecture |
Triple channel memory architecture |
Dual Channel |
Dual Channel |
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| Memory: Other |
Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) |
Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) |
ASUS Cool Mempipe (onboard memory cooling system) |
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| Expansion Slots |
4 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots |
6 x PCI-E Gen2 x16 |
4 x PCIe x16 with ATI CrossFireX™ support, @ dual x16; triple x16 / x8 / x8; or quad x8 modes |
3x PCIe x16 lots compatible with PCIE 2.0 specification, 1 PCI Express x1 slots, 2 PCI slots |
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| Ports |
6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports |
6 USB, 2 PS/2, 2 External SATA |
10 x USB 2.0 ports (4 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel) |
10 x USB 2.0 ports (4 on the I/O, 6 on the header), 2 x RJ45 LAN jack, 2 x eSATA ports |
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| Ports: Other |
1 x IEEE 1394 Port |
1 S/PDIF, 2 RJ45, 8 Audio I/O |
Agere® FW322 supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports |
1 x PS/2 keyboard, 1 x PS/2 mouse, 2 x IEEE1394 port, ,1 x DVI-D output |
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| Drives |
6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID |
6x SATA 3Gb/s, 2x SAS RAID |
4x SATA 3Gb/s ports, NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, and JBOD |
2x ATA-133, 6x SATA II ports by NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI, 2 eSATA II ports by JMicron JMB363 |
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| Video |
ASRock 3-Way SLI Bridge Card |
up to 3 graphics cards, 3-Way SLI |
Support NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology at x8 link |
Supports 3-way SLI, the three PCIE x 16 lanes will be configured as x16/ x8/ x8 |
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| Sound |
Digital Theater Systems |
ADI 2000B, 8-Channel High Def |
ADI® AD1988 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O |
Creative® SB X-Fi Xtreme H/W Audio Card (MS-4132), 24-bit / 96KHz audio quality, up to 7.1ch EAX 5.0 Surround Sound |
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| Networking |
PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s |
2x Realtek 8111C Dual Gb LAN |
Marvel® PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 |
Dual LAN jacks - Supports Dual LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8211BL/8111C |
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| Cooling |
“Ultra Durable 3" 2 ounces of copper |
Heat-pipe, Stack Cool |
ASUS Fanless Design: Heat-pipe solution
- ASUS Fanless Design: Stack Cool 2 |
Circu-Pipe cooling system |
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| Price |
$293.76 @ EWorld Sale.com |
$369.99 at Newegg.com |
$239.00 @ TigerDirect.com |
$249.99 @ TigerDirect.com & Amazon.com |
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| BIOS |
8Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU, DRAM, NB, SB,VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment
- Supports I. O. T. (Intelligent |
16 Mb Flash ROM AMI BIOS, Green, PnP, DMI v2.0, Wfm2.0, ACPI v2.0a, SMBIOS v 2.4 |
8 Mb Flash ROM
AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0, ASUS EZ Flash 2, CrashFree BIOS 2 |
AMI Bios, PnP, DMI functionality |
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| Overclocking Features |
MB Intelligent Tweaker Overclocking Technology)
- Supports Smart BIOS |
Asus Turbo V - With micro adjustments of the CPU PLL, NB, NB-PCIe, and DRAM voltages in 0.02v intervals |
Intelligent overclocking tools:
- AI NOS™ (Non-delay Overclocking System)
- AI Overclocking (Intelligent CPU Frequency Tuner)
- ASUS AI Booster Utility
Precision Tweaker 2:
- vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125V increment
- vDIMM: 35-step DRAM voltage control
- vChipset: 16-step Chipset voltage control
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
- FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 600MHz at 1MHz increment
- Memory tuning from 533MHz up to 1066MHz
- PCIe frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 150MHz at 1MHz increment
Overclocking Protection:
- ASUS C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) |
manufacturer does not list any overclocking features or specifications. Several reviewers indicated that it does not make sense to overclock this motherboard. |
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| System Bus |
System Bus up to 6400 MT/s |
QPI (replaced FSB) up to 6.4GT/s |
Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport |
HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 2600MHz |
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| Wireless Lan |
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54 Mbps IEEE 802.11g and backwards compatible with 11 Mbps IEEE 802.11b |
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