newbee Shuttle AK31A mobo question.

[mberesla]

I was wondering if anybody could let me know what memory I should use for this board and where I could get it at a relatively inexpensive price?
I don't know that well the differerence between ECC and non-ECC, registered and non-registered so any feedback would be helpful. Thanx!

 

[o1die]

Order the memory direct from the crucial website, and get free shipping.

 

[o1die]

If you use all 4 slots, some people recommend you use registered memory. It may not be necessary. ECC (error correcting) will actually slow your system down a little. Just get 2 256k sticks of pc 2100 regular (non-ecc) memory, and that should work fine.

 

[Workin']

Get your memory direct from Crucial.com, use the link from the Anandtech For Sale/For Trade (or is it Hot Deals?) forum and get an extra 16% off plus free 2-day shipping.

Don't get registered DIMMs (unless you are using all 4 slots) and don't get ECC no matter what (ECC is not supported by the KT266A chipset). However, mine works great with 4 256MB unbuffered non-ECC DDR PC2100 DIMMs. But your mileage may vary.