hi guys i recently purchased a hp cpu (hp 6005 microtower )
HP Compaq 6005 Pro Microtower PC Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support
with an Amd processor
(AMD Athlon II X2 B24 Processor (3.0-GHz, 2MB L2 cache, HT bus 3.0)
i decided to check out the max ram the cpu could support i later found this below from the official site
it stated (Supports un-buffered non-ECC DDR3 SDRAM)
Memory | Supports un-buffered non-ECC DDR3 SDRAM
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Maximum Memory | Supports up to 16GB of un-buffered non-ECC DDR3 SDRAM. |
( i am left but to wonder what un-buffered non-ECC DDR3 SDRAM means ????????????
It means that is the type of memory that is compatible with your motherboard.
Buffering and ECC (error correcting code) are features that are mostly used in server systems, and only sometimes supported in desktop systems. So this is just letting you know that you shouldn't get server memory for your desktop system, as it will not work.
You can read more about buffered (aka registered) memory:
Registered memory - Wikipedia
and about ECC memory:
ECC memory - Wikipedia