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Here's some prices for reference, for 32GB DDR4-3200 unregistered DIMMs in DE/AT, trying to compare otherwise equal modules: - Mushkin Essentials DIMM 32GB, D

Here's some prices for reference, for 32GB DDR4-3200 unregistered DIMMs in DE/AT, trying to compare otherwise equal modules: - Mushkin Essentials DIMM 32GB, DDR4-3200, CL22-22-22-52 - 85.79€ Mushkin Proline DIMM 32GB, DDR4-3200, CL22-22-22-52, ECC - 143.00€ (= 1.67×) - Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 32GB, DDR4-3200, CL22-22-22 - 117.39€ Kingston Server Premier DIMM 32GB, DDR4-3200, CL22-22-22, ECC - 147.90€ (= 1.26×) - Samsung DIMM 32GB, DDR4-3200, CL22-22-22 - 117.39€ Samsung DIMM 32GB, DDR4-3200, CL22, ECC - 152.89€ (= 1.30×) - It should be noted however that a bunch of cheap brands do not even offer ECC variants, and those may dominate the lower end of the price spectrum. So getting ECC memory may also involve choosing a more pricey brand. - References: https://geizhals.de/mushkin-essentials-dimm-32gb-mes4u320nf32g-a2344753.html?hloc=at&hloc=de https://geizhals.de/mushkin-essentials-dimm-32gb-mes4u320nf3... https://geizhals.de/mushkin-proline-dimm-32gb-mpl4e320nf32g28-a2515488.html?hloc=at&hloc=de https://geizhals.de/mushkin-proline-dimm-32gb-mpl4e320nf32g2... https://geizhals.de/kingston-valueram-dimm-32gb-kvr32n22d8-32-a2215404.html?hloc=at&hloc=de https://geizhals.de/kingston-valueram-dimm-32gb-kvr32n22d8-3... https://geizhals.de/kingston-server-premier-dimm-32gb-ksm32ed8-32hc-a2679022.html?hloc=at&hloc=de https://geizhals.de/kingston-server-premier-dimm-32gb-ksm32e... https://geizhals.de/samsung-dimm-32gb-m378a4g43ab2-cwe-a2328262.html?hloc=at&hloc=de https://geizhals.de/samsung-dimm-32gb-m378a4g43ab2-cwe-a2328... https://geizhals.de/samsung-dimm-32gb-m391a4g43bb1-cwe-a2755732.html?hloc=at&hloc=de https://geizhals.de/samsung-dimm-32gb-m391a4g43bb1-cwe-a2755...

rasz 4y ago
This is irrelevant. Back in 286 30 pin simm times when every motherboard supported ECC price difference was ~10%. ECC was still supported on almost ever 386/486 board. Then came Intel with 430 chipsets artificially segmenting ECC exclusively for expensive server market HX offerings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_430HX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_430HX
- eqvinox 4y ago
  Of course Intel segmenting ECC out of the client market is a major factor… … which does not mean other factors are "irrelevant"… … and also the price differential in ECC memory is not only a factor but also a metric as it shows that ECC memory has a "non-mainstay" surcharge created by the vast majority of users going for non-ECC. If demand were equal, the price would be 9/8 = 1.125×.
  - rasz 4y ago
    Demand cant be equal when nothing on the desktop supported ECC for the last 22 years (2017-1995), and even now its only a select fragment of ~28% market share. Things would look different if you could reuse server ram in any desktop board. 16-24GB DDR3 ECC ram sticks sell at 4x discount compared to regular old DDR3. I havent looked into DDR4 difference.

rasz 4y ago

This is irrelevant. Back in 286 30 pin simm times when every motherboard supported ECC price difference was ~10%. ECC was still supported on almost ever 386/486 board. Then came Intel with 430 chipsets artificially segmenting ECC exclusively for expensive server market HX offerings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_430HX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_430HX

eqvinox 4y ago
Of course Intel segmenting ECC out of the client market is a major factor… … which does not mean other factors are "irrelevant"… … and also the price differential in ECC memory is not only a factor but also a metric as it shows that ECC memory has a "non-mainstay" surcharge created by the vast majority of users going for non-ECC. If demand were equal, the price would be 9/8 = 1.125×.
- rasz 4y ago
  Demand cant be equal when nothing on the desktop supported ECC for the last 22 years (2017-1995), and even now its only a select fragment of ~28% market share. Things would look different if you could reuse server ram in any desktop board. 16-24GB DDR3 ECC ram sticks sell at 4x discount compared to regular old DDR3. I havent looked into DDR4 difference.