What is unbuffered ram?

schpen · Jun 27, 2012

Okay, so I am getting my son his first computer, and I have a couple things picked out, and just had a few questions.. I am looking at this ram, and it says its Unbuffered.. what does this mean? The ram is below

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1412140&sku=C19-6143

DJDeCiBeL · Jun 27, 2012

It's "normal" RAM that HAS to be used with most consumer systems. ECC RAM is mostly used for servers.