[Aurornis]

ECC isn’t that hard to get in consumer platforms now. The situation has changed a lot from what you’re thinking.

You can get ECC support on Intel 12th and 13th generation parts by buying a motherboard with a W680 chipset.

You can get ECC support on modern AMD CPUs by picking a motherboard that lists ECC support listed on the product page. It’s not that hard.

[delfinom]

Yea, the biggest downfall of ECC in computers was Intel intentionally disabling ECC in dies uses for the consumer processors and leaving it only for Xeons. As a way of forcefully keeping the market segregated.

AMD otoh has brought ECC to the table in Ryzens without the same shenanigans

[rini17]

And you can get reasonably priced notebook with ECC by...?

[Aurornis]

Lenovo has them. Again, not hard if you look.

I know some people won’t be happy until every laptop has ECC RAM and is super cheap, but the reality is that the demand for ECC RAM is very low. The majority of users would choose the extra battery life and lower price if given the option.

[rini17]

I looked and it's hard. Had to resort to reddit recommendations.

Nice circular reasoning. But nothing will change till we're not vocal enough about ECC benefits and shady pricing. I assure you though, it's not about my happiness :)