Hello Paul,

Tuesday, October 16, 2001, 7:27:23 PM, you wrote:

PE> Is ecc memory really that important?  should one forego a motherboard
PE> because the chipset it uses doesn't support ecc memory?

Personally, I wouldn't forgo a motherboard for that reason. But it all
depends on what you're aiming to do. Can you think of a reason why you
might want or need single-bit error correction? Perhaps overclocking?

That's what it would come down to for me. If I wanted a rock-solid
system -- perhaps a coding or rendering station, definitely a server
-- then I would do it simply for the protection.

But if I planned to surf, play games, and do all the normal family-PC
things, I'd not worry much about it.

I'm very curious about others' opinions!

Cheers,

Mike Whalen

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