EPYC for Desktop: It's finally here! (and cheap too) - eviltoast
  • grue@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Not really. It’s just a normal Zen 4 CPU with some server features like ECC memory support.

    I’m pretty sure all the Zen CPUs have supported ECC memory, ever since the first generation of them.

    • aard@kyu.de
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      6 months ago

      A lot of the Zen based APUs don’t support ECC. The next thing is if it supports registered or unregistered modules - everything up to threadripper is unregistered (though I think some of the pro parts are registered), Epycs are registered.

      That makes a huge difference in how much RAM you can add, and how much you pay for it.

    • Nilz@sopuli.xyz
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      6 months ago

      Not officially. Only Ryzen Pro have official (unregistered) ECC support and not many motherboards support it either. AFAIK Threadripper doesn’t officially support it either but I could be wrong.

      • narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
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        6 months ago

        Many boards support ECC even when not mentioned. Most ASUS and ASRock boards do for example.

    • Lemmchen@feddit.deOP
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      6 months ago

      Consumer CPUs were lacking ECC reporting, so you never really knew if ECC was correcting errors or not.

      • 486@kbin.social
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        6 months ago

        No, even the earliest Ryzens support ECC reporting just fine, given the motherboard used supports it, which many boards do. Only the non-Pro APUs do not support ECC.