ecc ram

[anikhtos]

one question
to run ecc ram i need both the cpu and the mainboard to support that feauture???

 

[greenhawk]

The motherboard needs to support it.

The CPU only needs to support it if the memory controller is part of the CPU.

ie: older boards had the ram controller as part of the northbridge chip, which then connected to the CPU. Though that motherboard generally had a socket that might only have taken a given range of cpus (ie: Xeon).

 

[anikhtos]

The motherboard needs to support it.

The CPU only needs to support it if the memory controller is part of the CPU.

ie: older boards had the ram controller as part of the northbridge chip, which then connected to the CPU. Though that motherboard generally had a socket that might only have taken a given range of cpus (ie: Xeon).

am 1 mistaken or not
all cpus now have the memory controller inside them??

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Miss my ECC RDR Rambus system

 

[Emulex]

nowadays yes - older cpu's no.

You need ECC end to end support. cpu -> ram -> bus -> adapters otherwise you could have a spof

 

[greenhawk]

am 1 mistaken or not
all cpus now have the memory controller inside them??

true, but it you look at intel Xeons, the older series that did not have a onboard memory controller are still for sale.

Without a indication of which cpus you are looking at, then covering both seemed a better option. Espically if you were looking at getting parts/old systems from ebay.

ie: i3/i5/i7 - on board memory controllers. Core2's used the motherboard.

 

[anikhtos]

true, but it you look at intel Xeons, the older series that did not have a onboard memory controller are still for sale.

Without a indication of which cpus you are looking at, then covering both seemed a better option. Espically if you were looking at getting parts/old systems from ebay.

ie: i3/i5/i7 - on board memory controllers. Core2's used the motherboard.

i am thinking of intel xeon e3-1220l or e3-1260l
i have found a mainboard from asus with c206 chipset that supports ecc ram
at intel page it says that this series support ecc.