Yesterday, 09:12 PM
Thanks for the message, Martyn. Yes, the Minisforum N5 Pro can run perfectly fine with non-ECC DDR5 memory. While the CPU and board support ECC RAM, it’s not a strict requirement. You can use standard DDR5 SODIMM modules without any stability issues, and the system will simply operate in non-ECC mode.
If you can’t source ECC sticks easily, go ahead and install regular DDR5 5600 MHz SODIMMs from a reliable brand like Kingston, Crucial, or Corsair. They’ll work without any BIOS tweaks. The main difference is that you won’t get the extra bit-error correction that ECC provides, but for most home or small-lab uses that’s perfectly acceptable.
If you can’t source ECC sticks easily, go ahead and install regular DDR5 5600 MHz SODIMMs from a reliable brand like Kingston, Crucial, or Corsair. They’ll work without any BIOS tweaks. The main difference is that you won’t get the extra bit-error correction that ECC provides, but for most home or small-lab uses that’s perfectly acceptable.