In the process of upgrading my box and would like to re-use my existing core since it so power efficient.  Are there any boards that support ECC memory that I can use the core in?

I presume by "... my existing core ..." you mean your current CPU.  What's the model # of the CPU?

 

Just about any intel sever board supports ecc.  As far as I know there are no intel desktop boards that support it.  If you want recommendations you need to provide more info. 

 

I have a asrock c226 was with ecc ram.

The model # is in the title of the post.  Intel i3-3220T LGA 1155.

There are a lot of Socket 1155 boards that support ECC memory and your CPU.

 

For example:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157355

 

 

There are a lot of Socket 1155 boards that support ECC memory and your CPU.

 

For example:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157355

 

 

 

Okay I was looking at a few of these recently but wasn't sure what was a good brand.  I've always used desktop components but I've recently experienced some issues with my non ECC ram.

 

Is there anything to consider with server mobos when picking one?  Otherwise I'll just follow the basic principles I do with desktop builds.  Thanks everyone!

Is there anything to consider with server mobos when picking one?

 

Just choose a quality brand [superMicro, Intel, Asus, AsRock are all good brands ... SuperMicro is probably the best in class if they have a board with the features you want; AsRock is typically the best value] ... and be sure the board you choose has the slots you need for add-on cards and any specific features you want to have [e.g. IPMI is a VERY nice feature for totally headless operation.  It's on many SuperMicro boards and some others.  e.g http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182253 ]

 

 

The model # is in the title of the post.  Intel i3-3220T LGA 1155.

 

I looked at the specs on intel's site to see if it even supported ecc and I completely missed that it was a 1155 and not a 1150.

Thanks everyone!  Hoping to pick something up in the next few weeks as I finally got done testing my latest hdd (boy was that a disaster, see my post in hard drive section,  ).