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Isn't ECC also slower than non-ECC DRAM? Also, I'm not aware of any overclockable Intel CPU/motherboard combos that even support ECC RAM.
by hyperpl 6y ago
Isn't ECC also slower than non-ECC DRAM? Also, I'm not aware of any overclockable Intel CPU/motherboard combos that even support ECC RAM.
- gruez 6y agoI think that's a side effect of product segmentation. ECC RAM tends to be marketed for server applications, so they aim to be JEDEC compliant and call it a day. JEDEC speeds tend to be slow by today's standards. Meanwhile non-ECC RAM is marketed to consumers, specifically gamers who want the highest performance part.
- theevilsharpie 6y agoThis is a limitation of Intel's platform, not a limitation inherent in ECC DRAM. You can overclock them just fine on AMD platforms. That being said, unbuffered ECC DRAM, all other things being equal, probably won't overclock as high since the extra memory chip places a slightly higher load on the memory controller than equivalent non-ECC memory. In that sense, you could consider it "slower."
- glandium 6y agoRegistered ECC memory is slower, but unbuffered ECC memory is not.