ECC or non-ECC

[bluenotebacker]

That is the question. I've noticed ECC dimms are more expensive. Does my motherboard prefer one or t'other? How do I know? I'm just beginning to build my first box, your help and patience are appreciated.

(I tried searching but the search feature wasn't working here for some reason)

[RedDragonXXX]

You don't need ECC, unless you are running a server and 100% stability is a MUST!

As far as I know ECC uses extra bit for error checking so it's slower then non ECC, but it's more stable.

[CrazyIrish]

ECC is primarily for mission critical type stuff. Most consumer boards don't support it although I didn't see anything on intels website specifically stating that fact. I would grab some non-ECC ram and not worry about it.

[bluenotebacker]

Thanks, exactly what I needed to know!