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by nirvdrum 978 days ago
You likely wouldn't know if you had random bit flips. It'd manifest as silent data corruption. You might be okay with that. Others aren't.

It's not a matter of overclocking. Bit flips are a fact of life running with 32+ GB RAM. Leaving your machine on 24/7 (even if in sleep) stacks the odds against you.
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gambiting 978 days ago
Obviously this is just anecdote but I have a work laptop with 128GB of non-ECC ram , use all of it every day and never noticed any issues. I'm not saying there aren't any, but it just....works.
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dharmab 978 days ago
You have silent bit flips, they silently corrupted data instead of causing a visible error.
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