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Ok, I'm gonna go for either: 2 of this - Kingston HyperX 1066MHz 4GB DDR2 non-ECC CL7 or this Kingston 8GB(2x4GB) ECC 667MHz DDR2 The second is £40 cheaper, but slower and it's ECC instead of non-ECC, but I have no idea what ECC is!! So I don't know which ...


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Old 11th Jan 2009, 13:56
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Ok, I'm gonna go for either:

2 of this - Kingston HyperX 1066MHz 4GB DDR2 non-ECC CL7

or this Kingston 8GB(2x4GB) ECC 667MHz DDR2

The second is £40 cheaper, but slower and it's ECC instead of non-ECC, but I have no idea what ECC is!! So I don't know which is better, or if there is a certain ECC which wouldn't work with my sysetm?

Thanks fo r your help, Ollie.
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Ah don't worry, read into it more and realised the first one is actually 2x2GB... despite it not saying its a kit and only one module being pictuerd.. thanks a lot Misco...

(If you want mod/admin you could delete this.. it turns out a pointless thread xD)
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You running 64bit Windows? Otherwise forget getting 8GB.
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Old 11th Jan 2009, 15:33
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ECC!!??? DONT GET ECC! they are for servers. they stand for Error Correcting RAM. that are un-Godly slow. and it would be a very bad choice to get.
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ECC is Error checking and correcting and you need a compatible mobo to take it.
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Old 12th Jan 2009, 14:23
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yeah, what he said. and dont waist your time with it. slower than a monkey passing a kidney stone.
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