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I was just looking at refurbished Dimensions online and some of them had the DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM. What is the Non-ECC part?

jankerson · Answer

@PaJeep93 wrote: I was just looking at refurbished Dimensions online and some of them had the DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM. What is the Non-ECC part? Non Error Correcting Ram....Standard ram.

PaJeep93 · Answer

Is there a down side to this? Is one better than the other?

shesagordie · Answer

PaJeep93.   Check the following out for the difference between ECC and NON-ECC memory   http://www.computer-memory-upgrade-stick.com/ecc-vs-non-ecc.htm   Bev.

PaJeep93 · Answer

Thanks for the link. That helped alot.    Ryan

shesagordie · Answer

PaJeep93.   You're Welcome.   Bev.

PaJeep93 · Answer

So is one better than the other? Would I be better off buying a new computer with the ddr2 sdram or a used one with the ddr2 non-ecc sdram. All I plan on doing is surfing the net and burning DVD's. Any other suggestions would be great.   Thanks Again     Ryan

Daddyjaxx · Answer

Home users don't need ECC.

shesagordie · Answer

PaJeep93.   Most OEM desktop systems use non-ECC.   ECC memory is used primarily in servers and costs more.  DDR2 SDRAM NON-ECC memory should be more than adequate for your purposes.   Bev.

PaJeep93 · Answer

I don't want to sound dumb, but if I wanted to burn DVD's, what would I look for the DVD category? Is there something that I could just add to my current system that would do just as well? I can only go up to 512 RAM and my FSB is only 133MB.  Thanks  Ryan

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