Can you o/c DDR2 ECC/Reg DIMM?

[nothing4free]

Does anyone know if you can overclock DDR2 ECC/Reg server RAM on a non server mobo like P965 or 975x?
Will it perform like non-buffer RAM or is it limited to what it was built to function as?

I am planning to build a E6300 with either P965 or 975x mobo which I hope to get 3.2+. I have a good trade for DDR2 with IC that are highly overclockable but it is PC2-3200 ECC/Rec but report indicates the IC will go PC2-6400 and higher.

What I need to know is will I have any problem overclocking it since it is ECC/Reg on P965 or 975x?

 

[uOpt]

You mix up ECC and registered. Different concepts.

The socket 775 chipsets i965 and i975 cannot use registered. i975 can use ECC if the BIOS is also set up for it. i965 works with ECC but ignores the ECC functionality.

Overclocking-wise, registered is usually lousy, and ECC not much better. The register chips kill some scalability, and in the 9-chip ECC chips you have the wekest out of 9, not 8 chips limit the overclock.

There are people who overclock DDR ECC Reg in socket 940 systems quite successfully, but not many.