On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 13:52 -0500, Josh Battles wrote: > strawks said: > > The best way to avoid RAM problem is to buy ECC RAM. This way if your > > RAM has a failling cell, you'll know it. > > ECC RAM is expensive and RAM errors are relatively rare nowdays, I don't > think this is something that's easily justified in a home environment. > Besides with current pricing on Non-ECC RAM, it's cheaper to just replace > what you've got in the event you have an issue. It'll still be cheaper to > buy regular RAM twice than it is buying ECC RAM once. >
ECC RAM is unjustified in a home environment, except maybe for a server. ECC RAM is not so expensie (I just checked on Kingston Website : $122 for 1GB Non-ECC DDR400 CL3, $152 for ECC), it's the Reg ECC RAM that is really expensive ($201 for 1GB Reg ECC DDR400) -- strawks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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