ecc halting first build

[Jreiri]

Hello there, Im in the process of my first build and have come to a stand still i cant decide on cpu motherboard and ram currently i have:

Cooler Master Storm Trooper case
Corsair 1200i
Asus Matrix HD7970 Platinum
Asrock OC Formula ac (already want to sell)
2 x Kingston 120 gb ssds
2 x 1tb hdd



Was just about sold on a i7 4770k to go with the board from asrock but to learn about ecc and that the haswells and my new board dont support it put me right off intel and now im back to Amd with a fx 8300 with good power ratings and overclocking headroom but now i cant find any suitable amd motherboards that support ecc and the ecc registered ram to go with, i believe in having ecc and unlocked cpus and credit amd for supporting these features i dont think i'l ever think about supporting intel chips or boards no matter what the benchmarks say

Am wanting to use as a highend gaming/programming/video editing/server grade machine, planning on overclocking cpu once watercooled, and overclocking and crossfiring another card once needed, no doubt will add even more goodies down the track so dont worry bout the 1200i

If anyone can help with motherboard, water cooling parts, ram or anything else please do

dont really have a budget but dont wana waste money just keen to buy good quality long lasting reasonably high tech gear

 

[coffeejunkee]

As far as I can see pretty much all AM3+ mobo's support ECC, at least Asus and GB. But if you ask me, you really don't need it. Compared to the 4770K the FX-8350 doesn't have good power ratings at all, and especially not when overclocked.

 

[UaVaj]

you have not told us why you need ecc?

ecc and overclocking should never go in the same sentence.

where is the popcorn?

 

[Jreiri]

As far as I can see pretty much all AM3+ mobo's support ECC

Can you show where your getting this information from I'd like to see for clarity also might buy one

Compared to the 4770K the FX-8350 doesn't have good power ratings at all, and especially not when overclocked.

Im actually after the fx 8300 which is alot more efficient than the 8350 also great value and very good overclocking headroom alot more than i7 4770k,

you have not told us why you need ecc?

Am planning on hosting and need to guarantee financial records kept cant become corrupted total stability and full data integrity is a must, in saying that Im honestly thinking of building two separate rigs, one for work and one for play

ecc and overclocking should never go in the same sentence

can you tell me exactly why you think this should be? and when your done dont forget to share your popcorn

 

[coffeejunkee]

Can you show where your getting this information from I'd like to see for clarity also might buy one



Im actually after the fx 8300 which is alot more efficient than the 8350 also great value and very good overclocking headroom alot more than i7 4770k,




Am planning on hosting and need to guarantee financial records kept cant become corrupted total stability and full data integrity is a must, in saying that Im honestly thinking of building two separate rigs, one for work and one for play




can you tell me exactly why you think this should be? and when your done dont forget to share your popcorn

For Asus, ecc support is simply mentioned under the specs on the mobo page. For GB, a simple google search shows people using ecc ram on the UD3 and UD5. Safe to assume all models support it imho.

And Uavaj is right, if you need ultimate stability you can't overclock.

As for the FX 8300, what you should determine is if your workloads are properly threaded enough. If not, the 4670K will be a better buy.

 

[Cerb]

can you tell me exactly why you think this should be? and when your done dont forget to share your popcorn

Do you understand what you are doing when overclocking*? You are running the chip faster than it has been validated to run. You do not have the tools to be assured that it will operate perfectly, outside of those given limits. If hardware stability is a must, and you need ECC, you don't run the parts out of spec. By doing so, you have voided any assurances, without some added and expensive computational methodology (namely, duplication of work, on multiple computers).

MCA is great, but it won't catch every wrong bit, nor every xtor that turns on or off too slowly. Too much risk for a business application, especially anything financial.

If you also want registered RAM, then you have to get workstation/server platforms, whether from AMD or Intel.

* clearly not.

 

[tynopik]

just get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116905

and skip the watercooling

aircooling is more than adequate and quieter too

 

[vailr]

This Haswell CPU board includes the Intel C226 server chipset and supports ECC Ram:
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X10SAE
A Haswell Xeon CPU such as the Xeon E3-1240V3 (non-overclockable)
could be used with it, instead of the 4770K and similar "standard desktop" CPUs.