This is why ECC is important. Many many people poo poo the idea that it's needed. But by not having it you have left a single vital part of the data path unprot

This is why ECC is important. Many many people poo poo the idea that it's needed. But by not having it you have left a single vital part of the data path unprotected. And ram and disk is cheap, losing your data is not. The risk simply isn't worth it to save literally a few dollars.