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@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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