ecc and non ecc ram

Ecc is 2 percent slower. Of course if you use your computer for calculating the flight path for a rocket launch, you might want to take the extra time.

Glad to help.
I did a little bit of research on it when I upgraded the RDRAM in my system. I did have 128Mb of PC700 ECC. But now I have 512 PC800 Non-ECC.
I felt I would see more performance gains by getting the faster RAM rather than spending the extra for the ECC.

Message Edited on 01/11/02 12:48AM by edlib

The quick answer is that if you mix ECC with Non- it will ALL run as Non-ECC, so there's no point spending the extra bucks if what you already have is Non-ECC.

The slightly longer answer: If you wish to replace what you already have, then you have to decide wether ECC is worth the extra money for you.
Most home PC user would never see a difference between one and the other.
ECC, from what I understand, is more useful for systems that do SERIOUS number crunching, and for database servers and the like, and that the average home system user would never see much benefit from having it.

Im running 512Mb PC800 Non-ECC at the moment.

Message Edited on 01/11/02 12:42AM by edlib

That's much simpler than my answer,thanks it helped me too.



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This stuff is over my head but here's what I found.


http://www.dataram.com.au/pages/memory/faq1.html#faq4



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you guys are the best, thank you for all the info.