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This article doesn't actually list any benchmarks and the link/URL is totally broken for the "Ryzen offers even better single-threaded performance per clock than Intel’s Kaby Lake." - http://single-threaded/


in the video, they say they cant release any benchmark until march 2nd. not sure why.


There's a publishing embargo set by AMD. If you break it, they won't send you pre-release hardware in the future. And probably no one else will either since you can't be trusted to play ball.


Yes, customer Ryzen CPUs support ECC.


Unfortunately even the most expensive ASUS board I could find at the time I pre-ordered my Ryzen claims no support for ECC: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-CROSSHAIR-VI-HERO/s...

AMD Ryzen™ Processors

4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 3200(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory

I'm guessing the demand isn't there and won't be there unless some company can market it as some new gimmick with more mainstream appeal.


I pre-ordered 1800x + the Asus TOTL mobo for Ryzen. It doesn't support ECC: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-CROSSHAIR-VI-HERO/s...

Memory AMD Ryzen™ Processors 4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 3200(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory * AMD 7th Generation A-series/Athlon™ Processors 4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory * Dual Channel Memory Architecture Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

AFAIK, Ryzen won't support ECC, sadly.


Hmm, the cheaper ASUS boards are listed as supporting ECC, according to this page: http://geizhals.eu/?cmp=1582178&cmp=1582183&cmp=1582185&cmp=...


This page does not match the information given on the ASUS website: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-B350M-A/specifica... As such all we can say for now in my opinion: inconclusive


More history in this which supports your inconclusive conclusion: https://community.amd.com/thread/210870

I'm not holding my breath for ECC support. My thinking is that if it could run ECC RAM with the actual corrections enabled, they'd be talked about that as a selling point. I'd sure like it with the 32GB I have going into this build, but I just went with "G.SKILL F4-3000C15D-32GTZ TridentZ Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000)" for now, with the idea that I'll get a second of the same kit in a couple of years when it's half the price of today.


It's a mistake. They used to list ECC but they rolled it back on the US pages. They missed the German pages.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5vlg7o/asus_updated_it...

Even if you can run with ECC RAM, I doubt you can enable the ECC functionality, it will just be running in non-ECC mode.


No confirmation on ECC with ECC checks enabled so far though. Just the ability to use the RAM.


> Yes, customer Ryzen CPUs support ECC.

No, they don't.

> We did ask about a potential single socket Ryzen/ Zen part with ECC memory support and were told that AMD was not announcing such a product at this time alongside the Ryzen/ Zen launch.

https://www.servethehome.com/amd-ryzen-7-parts-available-for...


Ryzen does support ECC. Confirmed by the CEO of AMD in the Reddit AMA.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5x4hxu/we_are_amd_crea...




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