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RAM Question

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CKDragon

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Hi, I'd really like to take advantage of the low RAM prices right now, and I've decided on Crucial, but I have a bit of a problem. On the page to select what type you want, there's several terms I'm not sure of.

Can anyone tell me if I should get: unbuffered, registered, EEC, or non-parity? Some of it costs more, so I figure it's better, but I'm not sure what the difference is or if I really need it.

Thanks for any help you can provide,

CK

 
Thanks,

Can anyone help me with the EEC or Non-Parity part of the RAM? That's all I seem to be missing now.

Thanks for any help,

CK
 
Depends on your specific motherboard, but if your machine is just a home PC, you would generally want unbuffered, non-registered, non-ECC, non-parity RAM. If I'm not mistaken, registered memory is more for servers. In my opinion, ECC (error correction) is not really worth the extra cost. And most RAM out there is non-parity.
 
you dont need ECC either (error correction control), its for servers and high end workstations. I think parity is a type of ECC.

I think the garden variety is what you need.

SDRAM, PC133 ? CL=2 ? Unbuffered ? Non-parity ? 7.5ns ? 3.3V ? 32Meg x 64

its the one I'm getting and its perfectly fine for home computers. In fact, i think you need a special type of memory controller and DIMM slot for registered or buffered so it wont fit on anyway...

 
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