Ask YC: Where do you buy RAM?

#1

Post by epi0Bauqu » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 3:43 PM UTC

I'm in the market for some RAM, and wondering where people usually buy their RAM.

Re: Ask YC: Where do you buy RAM?

#2

Post by epi0Bauqu » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 3:47 PM UTC

I'm interested in where people go in general, but in particular I'm personally looking for 4 GB (2x2GB) ECC DDR SDRAM (at least PC2100).

Re: Ask YC: Where do you buy RAM?

#3

Post by izaidi » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 3:50 PM UTC

I use Crucial (http://crucial.com). Usually pretty cheap and the service is terrific.

Re: Ask YC: Where do you buy RAM?

#4

Post by ejs » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 3:54 PM UTC

I usually use Newegg.com but if you watch the deal sites (like slickdeals.net) you can get some very good deals on RAM

Re: Ask YC: Where do you buy RAM?

#5

Post by icey » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 3:57 PM UTC

ejs wrote: post #4

I usually use Newegg.com but if you watch the deal sites (like slickdeals.net) you can get some very good deals on RAM

I go to newegg for just about everything. Occasionally you'll find a better deal elsewhere, but newegg is consistently priced pretty competitively and it's just not worth the time a lot of times for a savings of a few bucks.

Re: Ask YC: Where do you buy RAM?

#6

Post by gm » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 3:57 PM UTC

izaidi wrote: post #3

I use Crucial ( http://crucial.com ). Usually pretty cheap and the service is terrific.

Another vote for Crucial. It always works, and the price is great.

Re: Ask YC: Where do you buy RAM?

#7

Post by midnightmonster » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 4:05 PM UTC

http://oempcworld.com/ -- good prices and pretty good service.

Re: Ask YC: Where do you buy RAM?

#8

Post by epi0Bauqu » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 4:06 PM UTC

gm wrote: post #6

izaidi wrote: post #3

I use Crucial ( http://crucial.com ). Usually pretty cheap and the service is terrific.

Another vote for Crucial. It always works, and the price is great.

Interesting. For what I'm looking for, Crucial is charging $550, and the exact same model number (of crucial memory) is $379 on newegg.com:

http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?IMODULE=CT2KIT25...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148...

Re: Ask YC: Where do you buy RAM?

#9

Post by sanj » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 4:24 PM UTC

I've bought thousands of dollars of RAM at http://datamemorysystems.com/

The one time I had issues (some very early gig chips for a AlBook), they fixed it quickly.

Cheap, reliable and friendly.

Re: Ask YC: Where do you buy RAM?

#10

Post by jon_dahl » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 4:41 PM UTC

I've used Other World Computing (http://www.macsales.com/) for 5-10 RAM purchases over the years. Good prices and I've never had a reliability problem. Mac focused, though RAM is generally RAM.