What good are new chipsets that don't support ECC ram?

[pcunite]

What is it with the new P45 supporting 16GB and not ECC? An air fin on the back of a Honda? It is time we pressure Intel to make an enthusiast chipset that supports ECC!

 

[MrColin]

Wouldn't ECC be the air fin you speak of? Enthusiast rigs are indended to work quicly, ECC is for mission critical servers that need utmost security and stability (more than speed).

 

[pcunite]

Originally posted by: MrColin
ECC is for mission critical servers that need utmost security and stability (more than speed).

With the advancements in speed the hit on ECC will be less noticeable. Can a company offer 16GB without checking it? Seems irresponsible.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: pcunite
With the advancements in speed the hit on ECC will be less noticeable. Can a company offer 16GB without checking it? Seems irresponsible.

I agree totally. It seems that ECC has fallen out of fashion, flying in the face of the technical facts.

Large amounts of data NEED to be protected with ECC. Hard drives and modems won't work without ECC. UltraDMA and SATA use ECC too.

I already get strange issues with my machine after an uptime of about a month. I suspect possible memory corruption, but how can you fight that without ECC.

Intel needs to step up to the plate and make ECC a STANDARD, MANDITORY feature. The price of memory will not be adversely affected by the extra cost of 1-2 extra DRAM chips per DIMM.

It would be perfect if Nehalem required ECC DDR3.