ecc and non ecc ram

[Kakapipi]

hi guys, apparently i have an 8gb ddr3 ram ECC in my rig, i want to buy another ramstick for my pc but its a non ecc stick.

Could this be a problem ?

[themctipers]

probably, you should match ecc with ecc 

[Kakapipi]

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

probably, you should match ecc with ecc 

hmm okay, and ive got another question, is it bad that i have ecc ram in my rig ?  i have a gtx 1060, i5 6400,  gigabyte h110-h ddr3 ?

[jj9987]

Your CPU nor motherboard can't make use of ECC anyhow. No point in using one. Depending on the RAM, I'm surprised it works in the first place.

[Kakapipi]

Just now, jj9987 said:

Your CPU nor motherboard can't make use of ECC anyhow. No point in using one. Depending on the RAM, I'm surprised it works in the first place.

i bought my ram stick of a friend and he probably didnt now aswell that he was selling me ECC ram, i have bottleneck in some games like bf1 but rainbow six siege runs perfectly fine

[Kakapipi]

Just now, L.Lawliet said:

 

 

If the cpu and the boards doesnt support ECC, the ECC feature wont be used and it will work just fine.

Gaming on a supported ECC mobo and cpu however can add more latency.

okay so im good ?

[jj9987]

Just now, L.Lawliet said:

 

 

If the cpu and the boards doesnt support ECC, the ECC feature wont be used and it will work just fine.

Gaming on a supported ECC mobo and cpu however can add more latency.

Which is why I said depending on the RAM. Registered and unregistered RAM are whole other story.

[Kakapipi]

Just now, jj9987 said:

Which is why I said depending on the RAM. Registered and unregistered RAM are whole other story.

all i want to know if i screwed myself up or not by having ecc ram hahaha

[jj9987]

Just now, Kakapipi said:

all i want to know if i screwed myself up or not by having ecc ram hahaha

You can try matching them (although I do not guarantee it will work good). If it fails to boot or brings other issues, then stick to just non-ECC RAM.