I'm trying to buy some DDR333 RAM for my desktop. I've noticed on most sites they sell both EEC & NON-EEC RAM. What does this mean, and does it matter which one I get?
2007-02-20 19:54:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
ECC RAM (error correcting code) is normally used on a server motherboard for more reliability and costs more, the extra 8 Bits is used to correct the data passing through. Your motherboard probably cannot use ECC RAM and if it able to use ECC RAM it cannot be combined with NON ECC RAM. ECC is parity RAM, Non-ECC RAM is Non-parity RAM. Most types of RAM come in either NON ECC or ECC.
2007-02-20 20:01:52 · answer #1 · answered by nos8wire 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.crucial.com/uk/
Try this link to help you.
2007-02-20 20:02:11 · answer #2 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋