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I did that, more or less. I only dropped $700 on a 10 core Xeon CPU for my workstation, which does support ECC, but I went with 128GB of non-ECC RAM because the
by eloff 9y ago
I did that, more or less. I only dropped $700 on a 10 core Xeon CPU for my workstation, which does support ECC, but I went with 128GB of non-ECC RAM because the price for the ECC stuff was ridiculous.
I wish I'd known about AMDs chips at the time though. I suspect my next machine will be an AMD, which hasn't been true in a decade.
- ComputerGuru 9y agoThere is barely a premium on ECC RAM these days. And it's ironic you bought so much RAM since the more you have the more important ECC gets.
- eloff 9y agoI got 128GB DDR4 for $600. You can't even get 128GB ECC DDR for double that a year later. I was a bit concerned about memory errors as well, but my workstation has been rock solid.
- ComputerGuru 9y agoI'm not sure how many slots you have, but the MSRP for 2x16GB DDR4 is $250, though I've seen (and got) them lower.
- eloff 9y agoUsing 8x16gb sticks. But even at $250 for a pair, that's $1000. The choice was between 64GB ECC and 128GB non-ECC and I decided to live dangerously. So far, no regrets.