ECC ram VS. Non ECC ram

[toycept]

anyone have any experience or knowledge about choosing ram and, more specifically, whether it's advantageous to choose ECC ram or non ECC ram. This would be for a new system.

Thanks.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

You might have better luck asking this question in the Tek-Tips forums.
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[CorBlimeyLimey]

BTW, your choice might be limited by which type the motherboard will accept.


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[toycept]

thanks CBL... I've been reading a bit on google and 1)... you are correct in that the mother board needs to be compatible with ECC ram...but 2) I get the impression that checking for parity or non parity is something that might not make that much of a difference in my world. I keep hearing about ECC ram, didn't know much about it.... so I'm trying to learn what it's all about.

Thanks

 

[kellnerp]

I prefer ECC and registered and seem to have fewer memory related crashes.

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