RAM type: ECC UDIMM or non-ECC best?
#1
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,
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#2
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
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#3
Thanks @penguinkeeper.
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