Kaby Lake Pentiums and ECC RAM

[Jon Smark]

I'm considering one of the Kaby Lake Pentiums (probably the G4600) for my first FreeNAS build. The server will be used mostly for file storage in a home environment, so low TDP and low cost are more important than high performance.

I do want a CPU which can handle ECC RAM, of course. And I'm a bit confused. On Intel's page for the G4600 [1] they mention "Yes" on ECC support. However, I've read news reporting that Kaby Lake Pentiums don't support ECC [2]. So, which is it? Obviously I want a CPU that actually uses the ECC feature, not merely tolerates it...

[1] https://ark.intel.com/products/97453/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G4600-3M-Cache-3_60-GHz
[2] http://techreport.com/news/31267/kaby-lake-pentiums-gain-hyper-threading-and-lose-ecc-support

 

[Jailer]

I'd trust ARK before I'd trust an article on the internet, especially one that doesn't list it's source that backs up it's claim that conflicts with what is listed by Intel.

Yes I knowing the history of ARK and ECC listings and I still would trust ARK first.