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ECC RAM will work, but registered RAM won't.

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am i correct in assuming that unbuffered ECC ram will work in a desktop motherboard thats supports XEON cpus but that only the ram will work as non ECC?


just picked up the board in this link https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-X58A-UD3R-rev-2...

plan to toss in a xeon w3690 but all i have is ecc udimm and i cant afford to buy more ram for a while

 

just wanna know if my ECC ram will work in my mobo i cant afford new ram

 

below is a pic with info on my ram just incase

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ECC RAM will work, but registered RAM won't.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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7 minutes ago, dreamcast4599 said:

its unbuffered aka non registered ECC

then it works

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 hour ago, dreamcast4599 said:

am i correct in assuming that unbuffered ECC ram will work in a desktop motherboard thats supports XEON cpus but that only the ram will work as non ECC?

No, you are not.

You need the Server Chipset as well as a Xeon CPU for Intel.

More modern i3 might be an exception in some cases.

But higher end, not.

 

And you have to look at the Motherboard Manual as well, if it supports ECC or not...

 

PS: this post is talking about ECC working.

the Sticks working w/o ECC is another thing and that should do...

But due to Limitations on Intel Plattforms, you probably can't use it.

"Hell is full of good meanings, but Heaven is full of good works"

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On 10/28/2018 at 2:55 PM, Stefan Payne said:

No, you are not.

You need the Server Chipset as well as a Xeon CPU for Intel.

More modern i3 might be an exception in some cases.

But higher end, not.

 

And you have to look at the Motherboard Manual as well, if it supports ECC or not...

 

PS: this post is talking about ECC working.

the Sticks working w/o ECC is another thing and that should do...

But due to Limitations on Intel Plattforms, you probably can't use it.

i have a xeon w3690 cpu that supports ecc as iot has an onboard memory controller

 

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6 hours ago, dreamcast4599 said:

i have a xeon w3690 cpu that supports ecc as iot has an onboard memory controller

With some Intels that's not enough, you need the right chipset as well.

And a Board that supports it.

 

Its (software?) limited on their end for no reason, because Intel (look up i940GML to see what I mean with that)...

"Hell is full of good meanings, but Heaven is full of good works"

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