Adrian (a.delete@this.acm.org) on January 2, 2021 1:03 am wrote:
> Jukka Larja (roskakori2006.delete@this.gmail.com) on January 1, 2021 9:53 pm wrote:
> >
> > I just checked one retailer with 175 AM4 motherboards listed. Only 5 were advertising ECC support
> > (actually, only 5 had "ECC" written in description. I presume they all had it because they support
> > ECC DIMMs). None of the 14 TRX40 motherboards had ECC support listed. I have no idea if support
> > is actually that bad or if it's just something manufacturers aren't interested in advertising.
> > Either way, if I was really willing to pay for ECC (both in money and in having to get less suitable
> > motherboard and doing more work), I would look for something with official support.
> >
> > -JLarja
>
>
> Normally it is not necessary to search though 175 or more
> motherboards for AMD to find which have ECC support.
>
>
> The empiric rule for which I have not noticed exceptions yet is that if you want ECC, you must buy either
> any ASRock MB or any ASUS workstation MB (so for ASUS only those clearly described as "workstation").
>
> So just looking at the names of the MBs in a list, you know whether they
> support ECC or not, before verifying the detailed specifications.

Yeah, but it's rather sad (even sadded than I thought) that one has to check motherboard manufacturer's detail pages to find out for sure.

> The ASUS WS MBs have the additional bonus of lacking any gaming-oriented
> features that might be useless in a professional setting.

It is getting challenging to buy motherboards without flashing lights.

-JLarja