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On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 6:55 PM, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Is ECC memory a drop-in replacement for ordinary RAM, or does it need |
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> a special motherboard? |
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It requires both CPU and motherboard support I believe. The RAM |
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itself isn't much more expensive - really just reflecting the cost of |
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the extra capacity required. |
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If you were already going to buy a CPU or motherboard that supports |
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ECC then the incremental cost is almost certainly worth it IMHO. The |
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problem is that if you weren't otherwise going to buy either then the |
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incremental cost to upgrade all the components to support it can add |
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up quite a bit. So, when people say that it is just an extra $10-20 |
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for the RAM, that bay be a rather misleading figure. |
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Rich |
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