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I'm not very familiar with hardware architecture. Could you explain why you disagree?

• phendrenad2 4y ago
  ECC requires extra circuitry, and that results in more cost, also more testing cost, and also more failed chips (due to more complexity). Most people have very little need for ECC. The author didn't even know that they wanted ECC until they were unlucky enough to get a stick of RAM that failed, and failed in such a way that the OS booted, but a file silently corrupted (not that common, because if a chip fails it usually doesn't silently fail like that). The author is basically asking for ECC for free.
  • Night_Thastus 4y ago
    How much more is that cost, and how does it scale? Are we talking 5%, 10%, 30%?
    • phendrenad2 4y ago
      Well, ECC memory is more expensive than non-ECC memory by about 10-20% (according to a quick google search). Part of that may be markup due to people who want ECC being willing to pay for a highly reputable brand sold by a highly-reputable seller (they won't be buying ECC in bulk from amazon marketplace).