According to a leak on ASUS’s official site, the upcoming AM4 Prime X370-Pro might be compatible with ECC memory at launch. Furthermore the default DDR4 memory speed is set to 2666 MHz. This new feature seems to be exclusive to AMD's Ryzen CPUs since A-series APUs and the Athlon chips are only compatible with non-ECC DDR4 2400 MHz by default.


ECC memory (Error-correcting code memory) is a memory type that can detect and correct memory corruption, making this memory type important when used in high-end workstations, servers and other enterprise gear such as large NAS. At the moment it is unclear if this feature is restricted to select CPUs and motherboards or if it will be locked down to specific SKUs. If AMD is going to offer ECC support to the masses, then enthusiasts as well as mainstream users could possibly create a server environment at a decent price point.

At the moment Intel is offering ECC memory support only in combination with their Xeon CPUs, while both Kaby Lake and Broadwell-E are not compatible as for now. This might be another advantage for AMD. Although memory prices are on the rise these days, according to Geizhals.at the prices for DDR4-2400 memory kits are almost on par when you’re looking at non-ECC and ECC memory kits. In other words it might actually be worth a thought to create an ECC memory based system when opting for a AMD Ryzen platform.




Source: OC3D