What's ECC

[Guest]

I saw a bunch of ram sticks and the ECC ddrs cost more... what is ECC exactly..

forgive my ignorance pleez.... once again....

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[stonerboy]

It means error correcting. In a basic nutshell, every memory operation has a checksum attached to it, which is used to ensure data integrity, and if there is a problem then the memory can "fix" itself.

 

[njeske]

Adding to your previous response... ECC memory is typically a lot more reliable since it can correct itself. However, since that checksum is added to every clock cycle, it tends to not be quite as fast.

 

[FatBurger]

And to sum it up (most likely not), you don't need it as a home user, it'll just degrade your performance. No real need for that kind of error control unless you're dealing with bank servers or something.

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[Guest]

Ok thnx a lot fatass.

Sorry just had to say that

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