Registered Memory question

I have several sticks of registered memory... I have been googliong for daze and I can't find an answer to my query...

CAN I use the registered memory in my PC?

I know registered memory is primarily designed for systems with a lot of memory like a server. I know registered memory is diffrent than buffered memory. I have a friend that has successfully used buffered memory in his Athlon 64...

Is this possible???

Why would you want to? It's slow, it's expensive, and it doesn't offer any real advantage to the average user.

Anyway, the answer is likely no. I don't know how you expect a precise answer when you don't even tell anyone what motherboard you're trying to put it in, but most boards that don't require it, don't support it.

>I know registered memory is primarily designed for systems
>with a lot of memory like a server.

True.

>I know registered memory is diffrent than buffered memory.

No, it's the same.

>I have a friend that has successfully used buffered memory
>in his Athlon 64...

He is using 'registered' memory, and that is propably because his mainboard supports or requires registered memory.

We need more info.

>Why would you want to?

Registered memory with ECC is wonderful! The best thing since sliced bread.

>It's slow

No, it's the same speed as similar spec'd unbuffered memory

>it's expensive

Quality will cost you!

>and it doesn't offer any real advantage to the average
>user.

But I love my servers so much!


Andy

Do you mean ECC registered memory? - I had to get this type of memory to upgrade my Intel motherboard and it is more expensive but it is supposed to be much more reliable and less error prone.

No, it's between 3 and 10% slower because the registers hold on to memory for a clock cycle. It's debatable whether you'd notice it was slower, but it IS slower.


Absolutely, and it's surely worth having if you've got a server and you can afford it, but the question is highly indicative ( to me, anyway ) that the questioner doesn't have one.

>No, it's between 3 and 10% slower because the registers
>hold on to memory for a clock cycle. It's debatable
>whether you'd notice it was slower, but it IS slower.

I know how it works, and I expected it to run up to 10 percent slower. However, in real life my registered ECC memory benchmarks the same as my unbuffered non-ecc memory.


Andy

Er, anyone mind explaining exactly what registered memory is, or have a good link to an article? Thanks.

I'm just getting back up to speed w/ computers (been away for quite a few years) and never really knew much about hardware in the first place.

You're welcome.