Ryzen Micro ATX with ECC

[xenic]

I'm planning to build a small NAS for business/home use (storage, backups, streaming,...) without breaking the bank.

It needs:

- micro atx

- 8gb ram with ECC-support

 

I'm having trouble picking out the parts. I've been looking at the Asrock 320 en 350 motherboards which have ECC support.

Now I'm looking for compatible ram and ryzen cpu.

 

Any recommendations?

[NelizMastr]

You'll either need a GPU added or an APU, for starters. So have you thought about that? Aside from the Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G there are no Ryzen CPUs with onboard graphics.

 

So your CPU of choice would logically be the 2200G. Next step is a board and once you have a board as well, you can start digging through the QVL for supported ECC RAM  

 

Mind you, you'll be running unbuffered ECC memory on a platform like this. This means there is no extra register to verify and fix memory errors as they occur. This is slightly less reliable. 

[xenic]

30 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

You'll either need a GPU added or an APU, for starters. So have you thought about that? Aside from the Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G there are no Ryzen CPUs with onboard graphics.

 

So your CPU of choice would logically be the 2200G. Next step is a board and once you have a board as well, you can start digging through the QVL for supported ECC RAM  

 

Mind you, you'll be running unbuffered ECC memory on a platform like this. This means there is no extra register to verify and fix memory errors as they occur. This is slightly less reliable. 

I was looking at the 2200G and an Asrock A320M Pro4.

The hardest part for me is picking the memory.

So I look in this list for the memory marked with 'Ecc' in red? (https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/A320M Pro4/index.asp#Memory)

That would only leave me with 3 options then.

[Jurrunio]

The problem is, why ECC? Data integrity are mostly hurt by HDD corruption, not RAM.

[NelizMastr]

4 minutes ago, xenic said:

So I look in this list for the memory marked with 'Ecc' in red? (https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/A320M Pro4/index.asp#Memory)

That would only leave me with 3 options then.

While the QVL isn't set in stone, it's at least a guarantee that the memory has been validated for use with that board. You might be able to get away with other kits.

[xenic]

8 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

The problem is, why ECC? Data integrity are mostly hurt by HDD corruption, not RAM.

Making it more reliable. It helps preventing data corruption

8 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

While the QVL isn't set in stone, it's at least a guarantee that the memory has been validated for use with that board. You might be able to get away with other kits.

Hmm, seems like a hassle. Maybe I'll use regular DDR4 instead of ECC then.

[Jurrunio]

2 hours ago, xenic said:

Making it more reliable. It helps preventing data corruption

ya, just not as cost effective as using backup schemes like RAID 1.