I wonder if it'll get bad enough to spur consumer hardware to switch to ECC. I can't believe the price difference is very significant, especially if it starts being produced in even higher volumes.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but last time I looked into it, AMD's CPUs support unbuffered ECC RAM, which is really hard to come by and much more expensive than the usual buffered ECC RAM.
True, but it seems unlikely that there's a fundamental reason why unbuffered should have a higher manufacturing cost. It seems to just be an accident of history. Thus,
maccam94's point still stands.
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I wonder if it'll get bad enough to spur consumer hardware to switch to ECC. I can't believe the price difference is very significant, especially if it starts being produced in even higher volumes.
I used an Athlon in my latest PC build so that I could use ECC. And that was just the kid's gaming computer! I'm a big believer in ECC.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but last time I looked into it, AMD's CPUs support unbuffered ECC RAM, which is really hard to come by and much more expensive than the usual buffered ECC RAM.
Newegg has plenty of unbuffered, ecc ddr4[0].
The cheapest registered 16gb ddr4-2133 module is $192.
The cheapest unbuffered 16gb ddr4-2133 module is $189.
So the price is about the same.
[0] https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N...
[1] https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIABYY5227...
[2] https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6ZP6WX1...
"Correct me if I'm wrong"
Exactly the function of ECC.
I love me an unintentional pun :-)
True, but it seems unlikely that there's a fundamental reason why unbuffered should have a higher manufacturing cost. It seems to just be an accident of history. Thus, maccam94's point still stands.
Yes there are fewer choices, but that would change if more people were buying them. I found mine at Micro Center.