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> If you're a home user (gamer, programmer), is there any reason to buy Intel today? If you need EEC ram? I know technically AMD supports it for their Ryzen l
by throw_554323 7y ago
> If you're a home user (gamer, programmer), is there any reason to buy Intel today?
If you need EEC ram?
I know technically AMD supports it for their Ryzen line, but everything I’ve read says it’s up to the motherboard manufacturer to support it. And even if the motherboard manufacturer says you can use ECC ram, it doesn’t mean it will actually “use” it correctly.
So you mainly need to rely on others doing tests on their own systems to confirm if the motherboard actually uses it.
My understanding is that you need to use the EPYC line for guaranteed ECC usage, which is really expensive.
Intel’s W series Xeons start off at a reasonable price, and there are even cheaper Celerons that will use ECC ram.
- microcolonel 7y ago> I know technically AMD supports it for their Ryzen line, but everything I’ve read says it’s up to the motherboard manufacturer to support it. AFAIK every ASRock AM4 motherboard supports ECC. Also, most Intel processors do not support ECC at all, except the ones which are competing (in some limited sense, since they are being absolutely crushed at most price points) with Threadripper, in which case, ECC is available across the board (and glorious quad-channel memory).
- ohmaigad 7y agoIt is the same thing with Intel - motherboard must support ECC and actually use it.
- balls187 7y agoAnecdotally, I've heard similar issues with AMD chip-sets and RAM.