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Does either the Intel® Core™ i7 processor or the Intel® Core™ i5 processor family support Error Correction Code (ECC) memory?

April 26, 2017code Error family i5 I7 processor support

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Does either the Intel® Core™ i7 processor or the Intel® Core™ i5 processor family support Error Correction Code (ECC) memory?

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Neither family of desktop processors supports ECC memory. Typically ECC memory is used on servers and workstations rather than on desktop platforms. This is due to the price premium and extremely low likelihood of a data error occurring even on memory not utilizing ECC.