<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>-mb</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 11:18 PM David Schwartz <<a href="mailto:newsletters@thetoolwiz.com">newsletters@thetoolwiz.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
<p>Is there a Best Buy near you? I’d probably go there before Amazon.</p>
<p>Also, Fry’s ships stuff.</p>
<p>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. :)</p>
<p>-David Schwartz</p>
<blockquote><p>On Mar 30, 2019, at 11:00 PM, Jim <<a href="mailto:azanorak@gmail.com" target="_blank">azanorak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
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