Can I improve my RAM?

[FamousPerson]

I'm hoping someone very knowledgable of RAM can help me out here. I'm trying to figure out if I can improve my system speed by upgrading my RAM (mainly with CCE).

Here is what I currently have:

Motherboard:
Soyo P4VSA Socket 478
Motherboard w/ Intel Pentium 4 1.60GHz CPU

RAM:
256MB PC133 NON ECC DIMM CL3 CHA
(3 sticks installed)

I am told that the best RAM I can put in it is PC133. I am wondering if there is a "better" PC133 RAM out there? The RAM I am using (above) is a couple years old. Also it is non-ECC, whatever that means...

Any help appreciated.

[BarryMurphy]

ECC is error correction code and is used mainly for mission-critical machines (servers, etc.) This would not improve the speed of your machine.

You could "slightly" improve the speed of your memory by buying lower latency RAM but IMO I do not think the results would justify the cost. I'd save up for a system upgrade (motherboard/cpu, along with newer RAM technology e.g., DDR Ram) instead.

The other suggestion I have is to check out overclocking your machine. I'm no expert on this but I'm sure you could find some information on this by searching on google.

[FamousPerson]

Thanks for the reply.

System Upgrade? I just replaced my motherboard/CPU 3 months ago...:)

[ohliuv]

SDRAM PC133 is the best memory you can use on that mainboard.cannot change it to DDR or Rambus, unless you change the mainboard as well.