ECC configuration....what is it?

[Rakivic]

I was running thew the menus in my BIOS and I found something under chip-set called ECC configuration, what is it and should I enable it? It has 6 settings Disabled (which is default), Basic (which I have it on now), Good, Super, Max and User. The board I have is the ROG Crosshair III Formula.
Thanks

 

[Lmeow]

I'm supposing that the ECC configuration is something related to do with configuring ECC memory support or something similar - ECC RAM is mainly used in servers as it is more reliable and stable, however, it does decrease the speed performance of the computer.

 

[FatFunkey]

Yea the board supports both ECC and non-ECC registered ram. So most likley its used for the configuration of that type of memory.

ECC Ram is normally used in servers rather then in home/gaming PC's though.

 

[Rakivic]

OK cool I will turn it off then thanks for the heads up

 

[Rakivic]

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