G3258 and ECC ram?

It says you can use ECC ram with the g3258 here



I have a couple G3258s and I use one for Rosetta@home. I don't know much about ECC RAM except in the past I had to avoid it because none of my computers could use it. If I was to get ECC sticks for this rig would I even know the difference? wiki says ECC is slower. But if it makes less mistakes thats better for Rosetta??

Maybe I shouldn't be worrying about this.


http://ark.intel.com/products/82723/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3258-3M-Cache-3_20-GHz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECC_memory

Does the motherboard support it?

No..

Then no.

Add another duh for me.

Thank you.

Some motherboards are working with ECC memory but I'm not sure if ECC functionality is working. Like Z87/Z97 boards are for sure working with non-registered ECC. Here are my results on Samsung ECC RAM and ASRock Z87M OCF:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...sung-2x4GB-DDR3-1600-C11-ECC-M391B5273DH0-YK0
The same memory was working on Gigabyte, ASRock and ASUS motherboards but on Gigabyte Z87 and Z97 it couldn't overclock past 2133.

In motherboards specification is often info they're supporting unbuffered DIMM and no word about ECC as they are not testing ECC memory on desktop boards but it doesn't mean it won't work. Just as I said you aren't sure that ECC is working so it's pointless to spend money on ECC memory in this case.

Performance difference is not visible in daily work. I saw some results at about 1% difference.

Is there a reason you need ECC ram in the first place?

idk about ddr3 but alot of ecc ram is alot cheaper than normal desktop ram used.

ECC RAM is cheaper on auctions because many people are selling old RAM from servers when they switch to higher capacity. New ECC RAM from bigger server manufactures is overpriced and you can always find replacement from Kingston or Crucial/Micron.
Also registered modules are cheaper just because noone is buying used RAM for company and barely anyone has 2 CPU+ servers at home. 1 CPU servers usually work with non-registered modules.
It's harder to sell anything 2nd hand from server hardware. At least I see it like that comparing server stuff on auctions.

It was interesting to read your linked thread from post #4 woomack.

I was only looking because it is cheaper used and I though Rosetta@home might benefit in some way. Seeing that it works in ASRock Z87M OC Formula I would have no problem trying it out in my ASRock Z97 OC Formula.

just remember that ECC memory for these boards has to be non-registered or it won't work at all

ECC won't help in the manner you are thinking it will. ECC corrects errors detected in RAM when it reads a stored value. It does not correct errors written to ram from a program.