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lukx
01-28-2005, 07:19 AM
I want to buy two 1Gb ram chips but I'm not sure if it's good idea to spend quite more $$ to have this ecc thing. I also heard that ram with ecc is slower than without.So what do you think?
RickJohnston
01-28-2005, 08:11 AM
Yes the regestered ecc ram will be slower...but i am using it as well cause of the mother board and xeon processer require it...but i dont really have any complaints..at 3 g's its kinda hard to tell if its slow :P
rakoon
01-28-2005, 09:01 AM
Depends on workstation use...
ECC ram is usually used on servers that run 24h/24h and provide ram error correction.
But, if u use workstation as a home pc and u turn off system every time, non ecc ram is the best choice for sure and doesn't cost u a fortune! I'm from Italy: ecc ram cost quite 200€ more than non ecc.

Regards
Ed
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