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Honestly, up to around 200 bucks, give or take. I'm going to be keeping this PC for like 5 years, probably more (my Pentium 4 system lasted me a decade), so I don't mind spending a bit more up front.
 
$200 is pretty entry-level for a server/workstation board. If you find a feature-rich board for this money, I might get one, too.
 
Turbonium said:
Have you read this thread?

Check out the second half of my post on it here.

Let me know if you have anything to say about the situation. Some users on this forum actually feel very strongly about ECC memory.
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The thing about ECC is that you have to have it everywhere in the data path for it to do you any good.

To expand on your "pixel changed in image editing" example, since most modern editing programs do at least some of the image composition on the GPU, you would need to get you would also need to get a Quadro or FirePro GPU that has ECC memory. You'd also need to get SAS drives so that you can benefit from SCSI DIF.

I'm not trying to discourage you, I'm just saying that a data-integrity solution that provides true end-to-end protection involves quite a few different parts.
 
He's not looking for a workstation though, he just wants an extra secure computer for normal uses. Though USB 3.0, sound, and Firewire are pretty convincing.
 
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