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RAM type: ECC UDIMM or non-ECC best? - code9n - 10-05-2025
How important for hashcat is memory type? Is it best to go for faster non-ECC memory or slightly slower ECC unbuffered?
And if you get 1 bit of memory flipping when trying to crack, say, a single WPA2 hash would that just effect one try, one attempt at a guess, or all attempts from there on?
thanks,
RE: RAM type: ECC UDIMM or non-ECC best? - penguinkeeper - 10-05-2025
Unless you're on a server, it's probably best to just go for non-ECC. The chance of a bitflip affecting Hashcat is incredibly low and the chance of a deadly bitflip happening is incredibly, incredibly low, especially because Hashcat mainly uses the GPU. Even if there is a bitflip, most of the time, it wouldn't affect cracking at all
RE: RAM type: ECC UDIMM or non-ECC best? - code9n - 10-06-2025
Thanks @penguinkeeper.