LEM or eBay or ?

[kap]

Want to get a couple of DDR PC3200 333MHz/400MHz RAM modules for our P4 2.4GHz XP Pro desktop. I have already done some price comparisons among the online vendors. eBay offers the best bang for the buck, http://cgi.ebay.com/SAMSUNG-PC3200-1GB-D...0099776847&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234; I don't have an eBay account nor PayPal nor any experience with selling nor buying on eBay. I am avoiding the hassle. So should I try LEM or just pay more for ones from buy.com, frys.com, etc.? Is it permitted to ask it here if any member has ones to sell? Yup, I am trying not to spend so much on an old machine

[marksomebodyelse]

I sell on LEM regularly. Post a request to buy. You should open a paypal account. It really helps when buying online from private sellers

[mikebw]

Have you checked out http://www.dealram.com ? they make it easy to find the cheapest deals out there from online vendors.

[kj]

Crap, I was going to get this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820146545

Mostly because crucial (made by micron) is one of the biggest employers here, but the one you found on ebay is enough cheaper that I might not be able to resist. Cripes, is it worth a few bucks to support the locals? kj.

[kap]

http://shop4.frys.com/product/5297207?si...IN_RSLT_PG

[hal]

kj wrote:
Crap, I was going to get this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820146545

Mostly because crucial (made by micron) is one of the biggest employers here, but the one you found on ebay is enough cheaper that I might not be able to resist. Cripes, is it worth a few bucks to support the locals? kj.

Actually, most of the memory (well, a little more than half) that I bought from crucial recently was NOT mircon and was not made in the USA.

Is micron still making memory boards in the US?

[kj]

hal wrote:
[quote=kj]
Crap, I was going to get this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820146545

Mostly because crucial (made by micron) is one of the biggest employers here, but the one you found on ebay is enough cheaper that I might not be able to resist. Cripes, is it worth a few bucks to support the locals? kj.

Actually, most of the memory (well, a little more than half) that I bought from crucial recently was NOT mircon and was not made in the USA.

Is micron still making memory boards in the US?
I think so, but not for long. They've little by little (lot by lot) been cutting all the manufacturing here, but are hoping to retain the engineers, etc., from what I understand. But I think there are still people doing manufacturing here. Most of the people I know who still work there are engineers. At any rate, they still employ a lot of people here, either way. I think crucial is just micron's brand name for memory. I do remember them announcing they would be moving some manufacturing out of the country a while back. I think people knew that meant all, eventually. kj.

[srf1957]

Hi-density ram might not work. I bought ram from a different vendor
that also sold low density ram for about 2 times the price.

[kap]

srf1957 wrote:
Hi-density ram might not work. I bought ram from a different vendor
that also sold low density ram for about 2 times the price.

Please explain :confused:

[srf1957]

If you scroll down the page there is a disclaimer that says its only
claimed to work with some via chip sets. A friend told me hi density chips were not made to run in a regular consumer pc.