Re:AMD Ryzen Full Lineup Prices, Specs and Clock Speeds Leaked
by mcbain on Sunday February 12, 2017 @05:23PM
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> It's nearly impossible to find a desktop CPU that supports ECC ram now
That's not correct. All 6th Gen Core i3 have ECC support, and the 7th Gen Core i3 that have 'E' in the product name support ECC:
http://ark.intel.com/products/97130/Intel-Core-i3-7101E-Proc...
Re:AMD Ryzen Full Lineup Prices, Specs and Clock Speeds Leaked
by c2h5oh on Sunday February 12, 2017 @10:12PM
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To be fair i3 being the lower end offering with just 2 cores isn't really competing against any of the server products Intel offers.
Quad (and more) core i5 and i7 that do have near-equivalent Xeon parts do have ECC disabled.
Re:AMD Ryzen Full Lineup Prices, Specs and Clock Speeds Leaked
by jlgaddis on Monday February 13, 2017 @02:31AM
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An i3 is very often a perfect chip for a NAS.
Re:AMD Ryzen Full Lineup Prices, Specs and Clock Speeds Leaked
by pshposh on Sunday February 12, 2017 @11:20PM
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Person above is running a NAS; seems the i3 would be perfect.
Re:AMD Ryzen Full Lineup Prices, Specs and Clock Speeds Leaked
by throwawaydbfif on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:44PM
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Sorry, maybe not a NAS but my point stands. Almost any chip that has a server equivalent either has ECC disabled in the chip or the motherboard chipset. This was never the case until some years ago, and the only example I've ever found of Intel removing a feature from their desktop chips exclusively. I don't see any other reason for this except to force people to buy Xeons for their servers
Re:AMD Ryzen Full Lineup Prices, Specs and Clock Speeds Leaked
by dogma1138 on Sunday February 12, 2017 @03:56PM
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If you going the workstation route then 2011 Xeon CPU's do support ECC and are cheaper than Desktop HEDT parts.
Getting an Intel Xeon E3 for socket 1151 isn't particularly hard or expensive either.
Re:AMD Ryzen Full Lineup Prices, Specs and Clock Speeds Leaked
by throwawaydbfif on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:46PM
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Yeah have fun buying the motherboard that supports it. The whole thing reeks of bullshit
It's nearly impossible to find a desktop CPU that supports ECC ram now even though 5 years ago it was commonplace.
Trying to run a NAS with some sensitive data is now impossible unless you buy their server chips