<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">This ASUS board seems to support ECC:<div><a href="http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX23640(ME).aspx" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX23640(ME).aspx</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX23640(ME).aspx" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); "></a>I think all AMD CPUs, even low-end ones, support it via the on-chip memory controller (unlike Intel); I don't know what it takes, if anything, to support ECC on the motherboard if the CPU/memory-controller does. Anyway, they don't seem to be hard to find in the AMD arena.</div>
</span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Trevor Cordes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trevor@tecnopolis.ca">trevor@tecnopolis.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I'm really late to this discussion. Some quick 2c's:<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 2010-02-18 Daryl F wrote:<br>
> I think non-ECC memory should be illegal. Somebody's gonna lose an<br>
> eye and it won't be funny any more.<br>
<br>
</div>Hear hear! Considering ECC RAM sticks cost just a small fraction more<br>
to make than non-ECC, and same with mobos(/cpus) that support ECC, why<br>
everything isn't ECC is beyond me. If everything was ECC, economies of<br>
scale would kick in and the additional cost would be negligible.<br>
Consider back in the 440BX days every board supported ECC, it boggles<br>
the mind as to why today you must buy server/workstation (and I mean<br>
$300 a mobo workstation) class equipment to get ECC. The 975 was the<br>
last "mainstream" (albeit "extreme enthusiast mainstream") Intel chipset<br>
with ECC. AMD fares no better. WTF??<br>
<br>
2 of my 3 systems are ECC, and the 3rd is mostly just used for games.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 2010-02-19 Kevin McGregor wrote:<br>
> While we're on the topic, what sort of desktop-PC motherboards are<br>
> available that support ECC memory? I've never really paid attention,<br>
> so for all I know, ECC support is common.<br>
<br>
</div>Ha! As per above, no Intel/AMD desktop boards have ECC. It's sad.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 2010-02-19 Kevin McGregor wrote:<br>
> Kingston ValueRAM 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM ECC Kit (2 x 2GB)...or<br>
> $40/GB at Memory Express (special order, though). Is that reasonable?<br>
> Do people generally trust Kingston for RAM?<br>
<br>
</div>It's not the RAM that's the issue, it's finding a mobo to run it. And<br>
I trust Kingston implicitly. I have sold nothing but Kingston RAM<br>
since 2001. We're talking thousands of sticks here. I've had only<br>
about 5 RMA's in that time, and those probably due to static<br>
discharge.<br>
<br>
I would never sell no-name sticks again. Beware the peddlers of "name<br>
brand" RAM where they are claiming the name of the DRAM manufacturer is<br>
the name brand of the stick. Those are crap no-name sticks. "Name<br>
brand" means Kingston, or OCZ, or Corsair, or similar actual branded<br>
stick (not back-of-truck leftovers from China).<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 2010-02-19 Sean Walberg wrote:<br>
> An interesting article about Kingston flash memory and quality, or<br>
> lack thereof.<br>
<br>
</div>Don't attribute flash quality to DRAM quality. Most flash, including<br>
Kingston's carries only a short (1 year) warranty and is a completely<br>
different beast than DRAM. That said, I've sold (and used) a number of<br>
Kingston flash without issues. YMMV.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 2010-02-19 Sean Cody wrote:<br>
> Picked up a pile of drives from CBIT last year and 25% of them were<br>
> from Thailand and their warranty's were not honoured outside of<br>
> Asia/Pacific. Now we do warranty lookups on every drive we order.<br>
<br>
</div>Ah, the Primex curse strikes again. I have yet to receive any<br>
counterfeit parts through my distro channels. Since I service all I<br>
sell, I would know if drives were gray-market/non-RMAable. If you want<br>
guaranteed product at in general better prices than Primex^H^H^H^H^H^H<br>
CBIT, let me know.<br>
<br>
Ah, that reminds me of the bad ol' days when the guys at Primex were in<br>
the back room putting NEC stickers on no-name TW crap CRT's...<br>
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