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The biggest scam is actually the other way around. Intel pulled ECC support from desktop processors a few years ago to force datacentres to buy their Xeons inst

The biggest scam is actually the other way around. Intel pulled ECC support from desktop processors a few years ago to force datacentres to buy their Xeons instead. 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

dogma1138 10y ago
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.
- throwawaydbfif 10y ago
  Yeah have fun buying the motherboard that supports it. The whole thing reeks of bullshit
mcbain 10y ago
> 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-Processor-3M-Cache-3_90-GHz http://ark.intel.com/products/97130/Intel-Core-i3-7101E-Proc...
- c2h5oh 10y ago
  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.
  - pshposh 10y ago
    Person above is running a NAS; seems the i3 would be perfect.
  - jlgaddis 10y ago
    An i3 is very often a perfect chip for a NAS.
- throwawaydbfif 10y ago
  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
sliken 10y ago
Xeon E3's with ECC are rather similar, and even sometimes cheaper than the i5/i7 equiv. They are the same die after all.
free652 10y ago
I personally tested a number of low end haswell pentiums and i3s and they support ECC. I have a 4310T paired with a C222 server board for my ZFS NAS.

dogma1138 10y ago

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.

throwawaydbfif 10y ago
Yeah have fun buying the motherboard that supports it. The whole thing reeks of bullshit

mcbain 10y ago

> 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-Processor-3M-Cache-3_90-GHz http://ark.intel.com/products/97130/Intel-Core-i3-7101E-Proc...

c2h5oh 10y ago
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.
- pshposh 10y ago
  Person above is running a NAS; seems the i3 would be perfect.
- jlgaddis 10y ago
  An i3 is very often a perfect chip for a NAS.
throwawaydbfif 10y ago
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

sliken 10y ago

Xeon E3's with ECC are rather similar, and even sometimes cheaper than the i5/i7 equiv. They are the same die after all.

free652 10y ago

I personally tested a number of low end haswell pentiums and i3s and they support ECC. I have a 4310T paired with a C222 server board for my ZFS NAS.