RobV wrote:
> Frank McCoy wrote:
>> Matt <m.p.boulton@durham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> For an average consumer such as myself, should I save some
>>> pennies and get unbuffered and unregistered RAM, or is their
>>> a genuine benefit to me?
>>
>> *IF* your motherboard supports buffered and registered ECC RAM,
>> then get ECC RAM. If not, then don't bother. Most don't (but
>> should). ;-{
>
> Doesn't the cache on the CPU (L1 and L2) have ECC? At one time,
> at least, I thought I read it did. However, just like Al Dykes,
> my wetware is showing the problem of years of cosmic (and other)
> rays over the years.

Far from guaranteed. Investigate the potential purchase carefully.

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