RAM question... (1 Viewer)

[Rob Varto]

What's the difference between ECC REG RAM and just normal RAM? Thanks in advance!

 

[Rob Gillespie]

ECC RAM includes parity checking, giving greater data integrity and reliability. Unless you're running a mission-critical server, I wouldn't even bother unless you have to.

 

[Nick_Gray]

It will also run ever so slightly slower (1 - 4% or so). Not to mention that a great many consumer motherboards don't even support it. It is definitely not worth the cost for a home PC.