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It's not virtually impossible. It may be virtually impossible in crappy cheap boards from Taiwan, but if you're buying cheap parts then you're likely not makin
by EvilLook 13y ago
It's not virtually impossible. It may be virtually impossible in crappy cheap boards from Taiwan, but if you're buying cheap parts then you're likely not making money off the results that you're producing.
- ars 13y agoIt's not the board that is the problem, it's the CPU. Only xeon CPUs have ECC support, and they are just too expensive.
- wtallis 13y agoThey're really not: http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/cpu/#k=14&f=29&c=4&sort=d6&t=77 http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/cpu/#k=14&f=29&c=4&... And as mentioned elsewhere, AMD's consumer CPUs support ECC if the motherboard enables it.
- ars 13y agoLooks like the xeon is about $50 more than the equivalent i5/7. It was worse before, when I bought my most recent motherboard.
- wtallis 13y agoAt the moment, the second fastest Xeon E3 (of those with integrated graphics) is $15 cheaper than the equivalent i7. They're not price-competitive with the i5s (which lack HyperThreading), but the E3 processors have been very competitive with the i7s since their introduction. The only downside is they don't get put on sale the way the overclockable consumer parts do, and they aren't widely known.