unbuffered/unregistered?

[skateis2s]

whats the difference between unbuffered/unregistered and registered?

 

[skateis2s]

???

 

[Nickel020]

Unbuffered/unregistered is the RAM that every normal PC uses while registered RAM has some sort of error correction and is usually used for servers. The Athlon FX also needs registered memory since it basically is an Opteron.

 

[skateis2s]

thanks! so does both the fx-51 and fx 3200+ require registered ecc?

 

[Viper96720]

fx 3200+ no such thing Athlon 64's like the 3000, 3200, 3400 don't need registered ecc ram

 

[Yossarian]

check out Corsair's memory guide for answers to all your questions.