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Re:ECC RAM on AMD Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs by ThePowerOfFuet on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @12:46AM (#37828586)
> I wonder if modern RAM sticks use chips with on-die ECC.

DDR5 does, AFAIK, but it is not a replacement for running it 72 bits wide like previous off-die ECC systems.

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Re:ECC RAM on AMD Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs by HankB99 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @01:50PM (#37860455)
> ... not a replacement for running it 72 bits wide

Agreed, but is it better than no ECC at all?

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