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I wonder if it'll get bad enough to spur consumer hardware to switch to ECC. I can't believe the price difference is very significant, especially if it starts b
by maccam94 9y ago
I wonder if it'll get bad enough to spur consumer hardware to switch to ECC. I can't believe the price difference is very significant, especially if it starts being produced in even higher volumes.
- mark-r 9y agoI used an Athlon in my latest PC build so that I could use ECC. And that was just the kid's gaming computer! I'm a big believer in ECC.
- Asooka 9y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong, but last time I looked into it, AMD's CPUs support unbuffered ECC RAM, which is really hard to come by and much more expensive than the usual buffered ECC RAM.
- nwah1 9y agoTrue, but it seems unlikely that there's a fundamental reason why unbuffered should have a higher manufacturing cost. It seems to just be an accident of history. Thus, maccam94's point still stands.
- dmm 9y agoNewegg has plenty of unbuffered, ecc ddr4[0]. The cheapest registered 16gb ddr4-2133 module is $192. The cheapest unbuffered 16gb ddr4-2133 module is $189. So the price is about the same. [0] https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007952%20601190338%20600006161%20600006164%20600082361&IsNodeId=1 https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N... [1] https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIABYY5227067 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIABYY5227... [2] https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6ZP6WX1150 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6ZP6WX1...
- mark-r 9y agoYes there are fewer choices, but that would change if more people were buying them. I found mine at Micro Center.
- pc2g4d 9y ago"Correct me if I'm wrong" Exactly the function of ECC. I love me an unintentional pun :-)