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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:45:22 -0500, in <alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus>,
nospam@needed.com (Paul) wrote:
>
[snip]
> The same is true of
> the inclusion of ECC protection for the memory - memory is
> good enough these days, that ECC doesn't have too much utility
> on a desktop.
>
[snip]
I swear I will never understand why this Old Wive's Tale so robustly lives on.
ECC is *always* preferable if/when available; "server" or "desktop" makes no
difference, as data corruption from flaky/bad RAM can occur just as easily in
either scenario, and can certainly have just as unpleasant an impact. If
anything, it is even more critical for the typical single-desktop SOHO user,
who historically does a lousy job of backing up their data (not that ECC is an
acceptable substitute for proper backup procedures, but the point remains...)
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