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Upgrade or not?

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algae

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Hi all,
I have a PII 400, 128 RAM, Hercules Prophet Geforce Mx. The motherboard has PC133 Ram in it which I know is more than the mobo can handle.
It will take up to a PIII 500 chip (I think).
Expert recommendations??...leave it as is, it's not worth any more upgrades or more RAM? What do you think?
Also I see that the PC133 RAM comes with and without ECC...what does that mean?
TIA for any suggestions?
Gary
 
What motherboard have you got there?

Not all PC133s are ECC, ECC stands for Error Correction, its actually slower than regular PC133s, recommended for workstations and servers.
 
ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) performs "double bit detection and single bit correction". This means that if you have a single bit memory error, the chipset and memory will find and repair the error on the fly without you knowing that it happened. If you have a double bit memory error, it will detect and report it. Using ECC decreases your PC's performance by about 2%. Current technology DRAM is very stable and memory errors are rare, so unless you have a need for ECC, you are better served with non-ECC SDRAM.
 
Thanks guys..so I don't want ECC I think. What do you think about the processer upgrade? Worth it or not?
Gary
 
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