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nishant
08-02-2001, 11:13 AM
Hi!!
I thought of buying some RAM for my computer and I came across two kinds of RDRAM. One of them was said to be ECC and the other was Non-ECC. What is the difference between the two and which one is better? I'd appreciate any feedback on the issue.
Thanx in advance to you all.
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Bovon
08-02-2001, 01:09 PM
Plus a few mobos will not run ECC ram
Buji
08-02-2001, 01:32 PM
http://support.crucial.com/scripts/crucial.exe/faq
Buji
08-02-2001, 01:32 PM
http://support.crucial.com/scripts/crucial.exe/faq
Mr.Goodbytes
08-02-2001, 02:31 PM
Aren't ECC chips normally 60ns? I've seen DIMMs with the 60ns chips on them, just like EDO RAM has. But it's on a DIMM. Strange.
tarpat1
08-03-2001, 12:03 AM
ECC is error correcting and generally used in servers for that reason. However the error correction takes time and the RAM runs slower then non-ECC RAM.
Mr.Goodbytes
08-04-2001, 01:29 PM
Anybody got an idea on that?
VERT
08-05-2001, 01:29 AM
not necessarly, you will however find that most ECC ram is also Registered. You can spot ECC ram by the odd number of ships on the module
Fingers
08-05-2001, 04:04 AM
Agreed, ECC is supposed to be slightly slower than non-ECC (non-parity) but I doubt that the difference would be noticeable.

What is the difference between ECC and non-parity memory? (http://support.crucial.com/scripts/crucial.exe/solution?11=000724-0004&130=000964451872&14=&2715=&15=&2716=&57=search&58=&2900=&25=6&3=ecc)
nishant
08-05-2001, 01:55 PM
Hi!!

Well, I'd like to thank all you guys who replied so much. You all have made it easy for me to decide what to buy. This forum is one of the best I've been on and its all because of you guys!
Thanx again to you alll!

Nishant