Question about memory for a Dell

[Jim]

I definitely won't be buying an Apple anything.  I can't afford them.  
Dmidecode tells me the DIMMS are 4096 MB, 1600 MT/s and made by 
Hynix/Hyundai. That makes it easy to figure out what I need.  Thanks to 
you and Todd Cole for replying.  I

On 1/14/21 8:01 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Memory hasn't been as finicky in years than I found it 10-20 years or 
> more now, most seem fairly tolerant as long as you match up specs.
>
> If using windoze, install cpu-z and just match the specs, speed, 
> unbuffered, ddr-class, etc.  Likewise using dmidecode under linux, 
> just match spec what is there now.  If using a mac, just pay whatever 
> overpriced ram apple wants to sell you because you or your sponsor can 
> obviously afford it.  Probably a better way under mac, I'm sure google 
> knows most sticks are probably compatible there too realistically.
>
> I do miss when there used to be the technology swap meets over in Mesa 
> here to find old/dated hardware for stuff like this, I think that all 
> moved to Craigslist, now Letgo and others, always ebay if nothing 
> else.  I always buy used ram, particularly when talking the more 
> pricey large ECC server stuff, really haven't had complaints 
> personally doing so. Last time I put 128gb in my desktop, I did so for 
> around a grand from ebay getting old server dimms from a retired cisco 
> ucs box, same memory, which from dell would have been some $8k of 
> absurdity.
>
> -mb
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 4:11 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss 
> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org 
> <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
>
>     Recently I bought a Dell Optiplex 7010.  Today I started looking for
>     some more memory (2 4GB DIMMs) to put in it.  Some said it was for
>     the
>     Dell while others didn't claim to be for a specific model.   I did
>     notice that the ones claiming to be for a Dell were about twice
>     the cost
>     of those that didn't and I don't want to pay the extra if I can avoid
>     it. I'm sending links to a couple of the choices.  Can someone
>     tell me
>     if there's any difference between the two? Thanks.
>
>     https://tinyurl.com/y69nepup
>
>     https://tinyurl.com/y54gjnfz
>
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