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Hah, try getting ECC memory from a PC supplier. Surprisingly difficult and expensive when it should have been default twenty years ago.



ECC memory is widely available, you can buy it on amazon, and if you have a contract with a server manufacturer they'll be happy to sell it to you.

It's just not compatible with consumer CPUs (well, ddr5 is, but ddr4 and lower wasn't) because Intel was voluntarily segmenting the market to upcharge for server CPUs.


Sounds like a working solution is not as “widely available” as you suggest. Apple/Amd play similar games.




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