I want to buy 24 gig of DDR3 RAM for a Dell XPS 9000 desktop with an i7-950 CPU.
Non-ECC DDR3 costs 3 times more than ECC. Why? Historically ECC is more expensive.
The XPS 9000 manual says not to use ECC RAM? Why would ECC not work? Other sources say you can use ECC instead of non-ECC. It's just 2% slower and you don't get the ECC benefit--that would be fine with me.
I understand that ECC and non-ECC should not be mixed. I will install all new 6 times 4gb modules.
Traditionally ECC memory is more expensive than non-ECC, but in 4 GB DDR3 modules, ECC is much much cheaper. See http://www.avadirect.com/plist.asp?keywords=24gb+ddr3
Within ECC, there is buffered and unbuffered. My reading suggests that non-ECC is always unbuffered, so maybe unbuffered ECC is ok?
I'd really appreciate an authoritative and detailed answer. I have searched and searched for relevant information. Thank you!
Non-ECC DDR3 costs 3 times more than ECC. Why? Historically ECC is more expensive.
The XPS 9000 manual says not to use ECC RAM? Why would ECC not work? Other sources say you can use ECC instead of non-ECC. It's just 2% slower and you don't get the ECC benefit--that would be fine with me.
I understand that ECC and non-ECC should not be mixed. I will install all new 6 times 4gb modules.
Traditionally ECC memory is more expensive than non-ECC, but in 4 GB DDR3 modules, ECC is much much cheaper. See http://www.avadirect.com/plist.asp?keywords=24gb+ddr3
Within ECC, there is buffered and unbuffered. My reading suggests that non-ECC is always unbuffered, so maybe unbuffered ECC is ok?
I'd really appreciate an authoritative and detailed answer. I have searched and searched for relevant information. Thank you!
