Should I buy ECC memory? (2015)

Re:Should I buy ECC memory? (2015) by gh02t on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @08:52PM (#14208330)

It's significantly more expensive, usually around 30-100% more, depending on capacity. IMO not worth it on a desktop, possibly worth it on a home server or a serious workstation. Plus your CPU and motherboard has to support it, which is a pain with Intel's consumer lineup.

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Re:Should I buy ECC memory? (2015) by fgonzag on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @10:31PM (#14208764)

Good thing ryzen supports ECC OBO. Just waiting on motherboard support for it.

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Re:Should I buy ECC memory? (2015) by sitkack on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @11:11PM (#14208907)

Lots of Ryzen motherboards support ECC.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X370%20Killer%20SLIac/#Specific...

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Re:Should I buy ECC memory? (2015) by lomnakkus on Thursday April 27, 2017 @03:26AM (#14209822)

I think I may go AMD (again) for this very reason.

(Generally, I don't think ECC actually does matter that much for us casual/home users, but I like to reward the people who actually do make it easy to "do the right thing". Same deal as only purchasing AMD graphics cards since 2005-ish(?).)

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Re:Should I buy ECC memory? (2015) by bitJericho on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @10:55PM (#14208838)

If you're not worried about certain chip features and power draw, last gen server equipment is very cheap.

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