Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on January 30, 2013 9:50 pm wrote:
> Can you buy those value desktop chips on a server motherboard from anyone? Buyers aren't going
> to want to crowd a bunch of desktop towers into their racks, they want something like that to fit
> in a 1U rack in their datacenter with manageability functions they come to expect from server products.

As it emerged in a recent discussion on this topic it seems that Intel is leaving ECC enabled on all it's Ivy Bridge Core i3 offerings provided you have the right motherboard:

http://ark.intel.com/compare/71053,65693,65694,65692,65690,66168

Motherboards & pre-built servers are available aplenty for these:

http://www.tyan.com/product_barebones_2u4u_intel_xeon_e3-1200_i3-2100.aspx
http://www.tyan.com/product_motherboards_up_intel_xeon_1200.aspx

http://www.supermicro.nl/products/system/1U/#upC202C204
http://www.supermicro.nl/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/#1156

http://www.asus.com/Commercial_Server_Workstation/P8BX/
http://www.asus.com/Commercial_Server_Workstation/P8BM/
http://www.asus.com/Commercial_Server_Workstation/P8BE4L/
http://www.asus.com/Commercial_Server_Workstation/P8BCSAS4L/
http://www.asus.com/Commercial_Server_Workstation/P8BC4L/
http://www.asus.com/Commercial_Server_Workstation/P8BMX/