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3 reasons ECC RAM is overkill (but still good to have)
Though you shouldn't use ECC RAM inside a desktop PC, it would still be nice to have. If you have a home server, ECC RAM might be worth picking up for it. You won't notice a difference using ECC ...
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ECC memory
As data are written into memory, ECC circuitry generates checksums from the binary sequences in the bytes and stores them in an additional seven bits of memory for 32-bit data paths or eight bits ...