[SOLVED] If my Motherboard Supports Xeon, can I use ECC RAM with it?

Mr.Vegas

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Im building unRAID on GA-H97-Gaming 3 (rev. 1.0), it says it doesnt support ECC RAM, but Im buying a XEON CPU [from compatibility list] so if the memory controller is on CPU, can I install ECC ram if I install XEON CPU?
 
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ECC Memory Supported ‡

ECC Memory Supported indicates processor support for Error-Correcting Code memory. ECC memory is a type of system memory that can detect and correct common kinds of internal data corruption. Note that ECC memory support requires both processor and chipset support." https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...n-processor-e3-1285-v4-6m-cache-3-50-ghz.html

Since your chipset doesn't support ECC, you cannot use ECC RAM with that Xeon.
 

Mr.Vegas

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ECC Memory Supported ‡

ECC Memory Supported indicates processor support for Error-Correcting Code memory. ECC memory is a type of system memory that can detect and correct common kinds of internal data corruption. Note that ECC memory support requires both processor and chipset support." https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...n-processor-e3-1285-v4-6m-cache-3-50-ghz.html

Since your chipset doesn't support ECC, you cannot use ECC RAM with that Xeon.

Thats sucks, but I want to understand soemthing that I always wondered, ECC RAM wont work at all, wont be deteced or it can work as regualr RAM iwth ECC Disabled? How it goes?
 

Mr.Vegas

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You might be able to get an ECC UDIMM to work in that motherboard. However, there is not guarantee it will work and you will be paying extra for a feature that you cannot use at all.

The thing is you can get 32GB of DDR3 server ram for around 100$ and regualr gaming kit will be tad more expensive, actually 32GB DDR4 kit can be found cheaper on newegg then DDR3.
 
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