Oddly, I find old ram (like ddr2) tends to be more expensive than new ram (ala ddr4) simply because it's harder to find, or isn't produced as much as current ram (supply/demand). I've always found this true at Fry's in particular, though I haven't bought anything there in a good 10-15+ years.
The brand of the ram is mostly irrelevant, look at who makes the actual chips on the ram. Samsung or hynix is what I typically find in my servers and haven't had ram problems in years. I avoid Crucial anymore, everything I've bought from them dies. I've had pretty good luck buying ram off ebay... When I loaded up my current box with 128gb of ram, buying ecc ddr3 server ram was stupid expensive new, but found plenty of old Cisco UCS server memory at a real good price, even made an offer to beat them down some more, getting 16gb sticks for around ~$56ea. All worked, none have failed in ~2yr or so now. Non-server might be a bit more sketchy, but as long as it's coming from an e-recycler or a real business, should be ok. There was a thread a bit ago about local e-recyclers, I'd start there too as it's probably sitting on a shelf in a pile collecting dust. -mb On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 11:18 PM David Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a Best Buy near you? I’d probably go there before Amazon. > > Also, Fry’s ships stuff. > > DDR2 RAM is pretty old tech now. You can probably get it really cheap on > eBay or just ask this group and others. I’ve probably got some sitting > around somewhere. :) > > -David Schwartz > > On Mar 30, 2019, at 11:00 PM, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a pc that uses ddr2 ram. I'm looking on Amazon because I live in > Tennessee and the nearest Fry's is in Georgia. Can somebody tell me which > brands of ram are ok and which ones, if any I should avoid? I don't want to > find out it's crap after I buy it. > > thanks > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing > list – [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to > change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > <https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=3cK2FVJjyu2N-2Bxco034fZirB8KjJB6TWmws3JQznod2-2BarXdgEBTyt3QzdhIH35ch-2BzFTkBm5yT6T6kXEEWvZQ-3D-3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBeaFQuo7-2BzOY5i8Yl-2FlkrYq9qGiQuzAxOfY9F3QxoqXxjpZ-2FIirfSBbSOoFiEK42eemGRkvewiunvMKGN8HqXLc8JBapnf93LhyQgcxLWyofOq-2FTvVUE9xpqeWmtkzQlp0soyZF-2FNTp0OHmZRDkRQxWL-2F3zVyfOfKT6HTOMhXr1Us-3D> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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