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I'm trying to choose a memory card but i don't know what is better Non-ECC/registered or Non-ECC/unbuffered whats better and what do they mean? also what is DDR3 and is the bigger the # the faster? for example DDR3-1600 please help
 
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With memory the size determines how many applications you can have running at the same time. 8GB is plenty but 16GB is cheap enough these days if you can afford it.

I believe registered/buffered ram is for servers so you can ignore it.

RAM performance is determined by frequency in Mhz (higher is better) and latency (lower is better). You can further simplify this by using the Mhz to latency ratio that gives you points. For e.g. 1600 Mhz @ Latency 10 would be 1600/10= 160 points. But 1600Mhz @ Latency 9 would be 1600/9= 177.78 points which is better.

Hope this helps.
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With memory the size determines how many applications you can have running at the same time. 8GB is plenty but 16GB is cheap enough these days if you can afford it.

I believe registered/buffered ram is for servers so you can ignore it.

RAM performance is determined by frequency in Mhz (higher is better) and latency (lower is better). You can further simplify this by using the Mhz to latency ratio that gives you points. For e.g. 1600 Mhz @ Latency 10 would be 1600/10= 160 points. But 1600Mhz @ Latency 9 would be 1600/9= 177.78 points which is better.

Hope this helps.
 
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