[OpenIndiana-discuss] i7 cpu that accepts ECC Ram

[cmwilliams at cw823.com]

> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:17:25 -0500
> From: Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com>
> To: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] i7 cpu that accepts ECC Ram
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> Summary:
> I hope someone here can tell me if there is a setup using recent i7
> cpus that supports ECC ram.
>
> Is there a motherboard that supports both?
>
> Further, please feel free to suggest the best setup in your opinion
> for running OI, (primarily for the zfs based storage setup with
> several mirrored pairs of discs) but also at least one vm with a win7
> based guest capable of running all the adobe tools and any of the
> associated cpu intensive chores involved with editing video and other
> intensive Graphics chores.
>
> Note: This would be a single user setup.
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> More detail:
>
> I want to build up a system with 16-32 GB ram that can run openindiana
> but can also run vms with at least one of them hosting a heavy duty
> Win7 OS, capable of using all the adobe tools to the max. But also
> several other vms running various linux based OSs.
>
> I noticed, while using the "build it yourself" type things on ebay
> (mostly 'SuperMicro' sponsored) that when building any of the i7 based
> setups, none listed asus motherboards (or any other brand I found)
> that say explicitly they support ECC ram.
>
> Whereas, when building based on recent AMD cpus, nearly all the asus
> motherboards listed show explicit support for ECC ram.
>
> I've also seen threads in various online forums suggesting no i7 based
> system can use ECC ram. Hopefully someone here will know the actual
> state of affairs.
>
Define "recent i7 cpus".  I picked up a pair of L5520 (i7) and Supermicro
motherboard off ebay for <$250.  Add 48Gb of ram and it runs ESX with a OI VM.
 If 1366 is recent enough there are lots of options out there for you.