Question ECC Memory: Only need the supporting hardware?

[dor_13]

I'm building a moderate level gaming PC.
I'm interested in having ECC Memory for it (I don't mind the added cost, which is fairly minor).

Recently it was discovered that Intel supports ECC Memory:

News - Intel Enables ECC Memory on Consumer Alder Lake CPUs

Intel’s W680 platform grants Core processors ECC support, no Xeon needed. Intel Enables ECC Memory on Consumer Alder Lake CPUs : Read more

forums.tomshardware.com

As far as I understand - to be able to use ECC Memory, I must have the following three hardware components to support ECC Memory:

1. RAM sticks.
2. Motherboard.
3. CPU.

Assuming that the above three hardware components support ECC Memory - then would it work automatically?
Or, do I need to do something specific in order to enable the ECC Memory?


Edit:

If anyone is interested - here's a filter for all Intel's CPUs which support ECC Memory:
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...pe=873&0_StatusCodeText1=3,4&0_ECCMemory=True

It was published in Intel's forum:
https://community.intel.com/t5/Proc...el-processors-support-ECC-memory/td-p/1191098

 

[Koekieezz]

I'm building a moderate level gaming PC.
I'm interested in having ECC Memory for it (I don't mind the added cost, which is fairly minor).

Recently it was discovered that Intel supports ECC Memory:

News - Intel Enables ECC Memory on Consumer Alder Lake CPUs

Intel’s W680 platform grants Core processors ECC support, no Xeon needed. Intel Enables ECC Memory on Consumer Alder Lake CPUs : Read more

forums.tomshardware.com

As far as I understand - to be able to use ECC Memory, I must have the following three hardware components to support ECC Memory:

1. RAM sticks.
2. Motherboard.
3. CPU.

Assuming that the above three hardware components support ECC Memory - then would it work automatically?
Or, do I need to do something specific in order to enable the ECC Memory?


Edit:

If anyone is interested - here's a filter for all Intel's CPUs which support ECC Memory:
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...pe=873&0_StatusCodeText1=3,4&0_ECCMemory=True

It was published in Intel's forum:
https://community.intel.com/t5/Proc...el-processors-support-ECC-memory/td-p/1191098

as long as motherboard and cpu does support registered ECC/buffered ECC, it would work.

Unbuffered ECC would work on normal board, with the ecc feature will be disabled.