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Does motherboard need to support ECC?
Re: If my CPU supports ECC RAM, does my motherboard need to? No, that CPU does not explicitly require ECC. If you wanted to use it though, you would need a board supporting it of course.
What does it mean when a motherboard supports ECC?
Error correction code
Error correction code (ECC) memory is a type of RAM memory found in workstations and servers. It’s valued by professionals and businesses with critical data for its ability to automatically detect and correct memory errors, thus fighting data corruption.
How do I know if my RAM is ECC or Non-ECC?
For SDRAM or DDR memory, just count the number of small black chips on one side of your existing memory modules. If the number of chips is even then you have non-ECC. If the number of chips is odd then you have ECC.
Is ECC RAM good for gaming?
For most gamers and general home office users, ECC RAM will not be worth the additional expense. The occasional memory failure is a nuisance, but won’t really cost you anything. As we mentioned in our i7 vs Xeon post, ECC RAM is only available in workstations powered by Intel Xeon processors.
How important is ECC?
In industries such as the financial sector and the scientific community, ECC memory is essential to maintain data integrity. Most server memory is ECC memory, as well. ECC memory further reduces the number crashes, which is very important in multi-user server applications.
Why is ECC RAM so slow?
Many memory manufacturers say that ECC RAM will be roughly 2% slower than standard RAM due to the additional time it takes for the system to check for any memory errors. To verify this, we examined multiple benchmarks that we run on each system we produce.
Why is ECC RAM cheaper?
Yep, unbuffered ECC is expensive, and the cheap stuff is all registered/buffered. It’s cheap used because virtually nobody can use it.