To ECC or Not to ECC that is the question.

[Meliorator]

The specks on an Intel motherboard says that - if needed - the board supports ECC RDram.

Is there an advantage to having ECC ram vs. non ECC ram?

 

[RustyNale]

If you're worried about stability, then go with the ECC. If you plan on oc'ing, then don't as the ECC will slow you down-not a whole lot, but a little. The ECC automatically corrects itself were as the non-ecc, well, it doesn't

 

[Meliorator]

Thanks for the response. Another passed me a link that explained all very well.

Said pretty much the same.

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=3

Regards--

 

[Strawberrymom]

you cant tell the difference between ecc or non ecc, ecc allows your system not to crash as often as it checks and scrubs errors

 

[MoFunk]

I have ECC rather aggressivly set and have had no problems. The only thing is that I had to up the voltage a little, was getting a lot of BSD until that. Now I am solid as a rock!

 

[Meliorator]

I have ECC rather aggressivly set and have had no problems. The only thing is that I had to up the voltage a little, was getting a lot of BSD until that. Now I am solid as a rock!


Just out of curiosity, what do you mean by "aggressivly set"?
What type processor/mobo do you have?

 

[MoFunk]

Epox 8k7a ram set at 8872622.