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What is the difference between non ECC, ECC non-registered, and ECC Registered SDRAM?

I currently have a Tyan Trinity KT133A board and i'm not sure exactly which of the above three I can put in it.

please help

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Just get non-registered, non-ECC RAM. That's what I have on my KT133a board.

Registered (or buffered) RAM enables you to use more than 2 sticks of DDR or 4 sticks of SDRAM.

ECC is Error Control Checking (I think :), so it slightly slows down performance, but is safer. You don't need it unless you're a bank or something.

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Check out the FAQs at crucial.com and mushkin.com; they should provide you with a lot of basic memory information.

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