ECC memory

[WhatAmIDoingHere]

I am considering buying some new ram (16gb) for my machine which currently has 8gb's of ram but I see that some , generally more expensive, ram had ecc. I know what it is and does but I couldn't find anything online about what it does for gamers and gaming performance and whether I dish out more cash for the extra security?

 

Thank you.

 

 

[SLAYR]

It does nothing for gaming and only xeons, some i3s, and pentiums support it, your motherboard also has to support it as well.

[OddsCrazyStuff]

ECC is useless for gaming. In fact, most of the time its worse, as the speed tend to be lower.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Chances are your board and/or CPU do not support ECC. It has basically no benefit for gamers and can actually decrease performance (theoretically) if you're using buffered ECC. 

 

It's used for situations where a crash or error in RAM can have catastrophic consequences. Gamers don't really have the need for it. 

[WhatAmIDoingHere]

3 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

It does nothing for gaming and only xeons, some i3s, and pentiums support it, your motherboard also has to support it as well.

Do you know how I tell if my motherboard and cpu support ecc? 

 

Thank you

 

[Marmaran_1]

5 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

It does nothing for gaming and only xeons, some i3s, and pentiums support it, your motherboard also has to support it as well.

What about the 8350 ? I think it supports ECC too.

[SLAYR]

7 minutes ago, WhatAmIDoingHere said:

Do you know how I tell if my motherboard and cpu support ecc? 

 

Thank you

 

What cpu/motherboard do you have?

 

6 minutes ago, Marmaran_1 said:

What about the 8350 ? I think it supports ECC too.

It does look like any fx series cpu has ecc support, am3+ motherboards with ecc support might be a problem though.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

2 hours ago, Marmaran_1 said:

What about the 8350 ? I think it supports ECC too.

FX CPUs and compatible mobos only support unbuffered ECC RAm, though, so they won't work with typical buffered ECC server RAM.