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The most stable long term machine I have ever used was... a NeXTcube. But after that, it is the 2009 Mac Pro with ECC RAM, which I'm using now. The current Mac Pro (late 2013) also uses ECC.

I realize that memory errors aren't frequent, but they aren't absent either. See "Google finds memory failures are much more common than expected" at:http://www.cnet.com/news/google-computer-memory-flakier-than-expected/


I notice there is no ECC in the Buyer's Guide and very little discussion of it in the forums. Though I found at least one success story:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks...n-2680v2-gtx770-2x-ssd-32gb-ram-10-9-1-a.html

Could the new Xeon E5 v3 be the way to go?
http://ark.intel.com/products/family/78583/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-v3-Family#@All

Maybe the Xeon E5-1650 v3 Haswell-EP 3.5GHz 6 Core? If I go this route, any recommended motherboards?

Or am I in for too much pain? My goal is a fully working system that I can use all day for work.
 
capelo said:
The most stable long term machine I have ever used was... a NeXTcube. But after that, it is the 2009 Mac Pro with ECC RAM, which I'm using now. The current Mac Pro (late 2013) also uses ECC.

I realize that memory errors aren't frequent, but they aren't absent either. See "Google finds memory failures are much more common than expected" at:http://www.cnet.com/news/google-computer-memory-flakier-than-expected/


I notice there is no ECC in the Buyer's Guide and very little discussion of it in the forums. Though I found at least one success story:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks...n-2680v2-gtx770-2x-ssd-32gb-ram-10-9-1-a.html

Could the new Xeon E5 v3 be the way to go?
http://ark.intel.com/products/family/78583/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-v3-Family#@All

Maybe the Xeon E5-1650 v3 Haswell-EP 3.5GHz 6 Core? If I go this route, any recommended motherboards?

Or am I in for too much pain? My goal is a fully working system that I can use all day for work.
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The problem with ECC RAM is finding a non-server mainboard that supports ECC RAM. Most do not, so look at the board specs very carefully - if it does not specifically state that the board has support for ECC modules, then do not put ECC RAM in that board.
 
Thanks. I did some more poking around and found this:

In a Sep 2014 press release, Gigabyte described their new motherboards for the E5-2600/1600 v3 with the one below being labeled as the workstation version (the others are for servers and look to be E-ATX sized).
http://www.gigabyte.com/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1315

GIGABYTE MW50-SV0 ATX Motherboard 1 x LGA 2011-3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128755&cm_re=MW50-SV0-_-13-128-755-_-Product

So then the chip:
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 Haswell-EP 3.5GHz 6 Core 140w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117499&cm_re=xeon_E5-1600-_-19-117-499-_-Product

And the RAM x 2:
Kingston 16gb ddr4 2133 ecc cas 15 (1x16gb)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820242018&cm_re=ecc_ddr4-_-20-242-018-_-Product
 
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Thanks. I did some more poking around and found...
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And have you also poked around to see if OS X will run on the 612 series PCH?

Last I heard it would not.

You have to look at the whole picture, not just part of it.
 
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