Need some help on RAM

[DocDon]

Going to buy some PC2100 for my system -- Crucial sells two kinds "Non-parity" and "ECC." What's the difference and which on is better? System is a MSI 6366 with a 1GHz PIII.

 

[NoReMoRsE]

Going to buy some PC2100 for my system -- Crucial sells two kinds "Non-parity" and "ECC." What's the difference and which on is better? System is a MSI 6366 with a 1GHz PIII.

Congrats on your choice of RAM. "ECC" stands for Error Correcting, which is slower than non-parity RAM. For most purposes, including office work and gaming, you don't realy need ECC, as it is more expensive and is slower (since it corrects errors).

Hope this helps!

 

[gopunk]

actually they sell three kinds the third being registered ecc. which is also slower than unbuffered ecc i think, since it's supposed to delay things by one click cycle.

 

[DocDon]

Thanks guys -- will buy the non-parity -- 2 bucks cheaper too!!!