[Novalug] Who gives best price for used laptop memory?

Miles D. Oliver miles.d.oliver@gmail.com
Thu Dec 22 11:00:41 EST 2011


If I could run the DDR3 memory in this machine it would be cost effective,
 At over $100 I will have to pass.


On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think most people are up on DDR3 now.. that could be the difference.
>  Because I just went there and see 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 for $38
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Fredrik Nyman <fredrik.nyman@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Interesting.  I guess 4GB DDR2 DIMMs were fairly unusual, hence the
> > high price?
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Miles D. Oliver
> > <miles.d.oliver@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Newegg quoted over $100 from a few manufacturers for the 8GB DDR2
> memory,
> >> cheapest I've found is $89 on flea-bay.  Guess the prices are  gonna be
> >> higher for 'less than current' memory.
> >>
> >> if I could use more current memory that would be cheaper I'd be all over
> >> this but the costs are causing me to rethink this.
> >>
> >> Its an old Dell Inspiron 1440, not your best laptop and I only paid
> $400 for
> >> it anyway new from Best Buy.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Fredrik Nyman <fredrik.nyman@gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I just bought 8GB laptop memory from them for something like $30;
> $4/GB.
> >>> Makes me wonder if there's any market for used memory in low densities?
> >>> That is, I have an 1GB and a 2GB DIMM that were in the laptop before.
> >>> By my count, they should be worth something like $12 new, so let's
> >>> call it $5 used?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > Newegg. Quick, fast and almost always the lowest price.  And memory
> is
> >>> > cheap
> >>> > right now too.
> >>> >
> >>> > On Dec 22, 2011 9:05 AM, "Miles D. Oliver" <miles.d.oliver@gmail.com
> >
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> With the new position and project i am working on now I'm finding
> that
> >>> >> for
> >>> >> personal development and testing I need at least 3 VMs on my laptop
> to
> >>> >> accomplish my goals.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> With 4GB now on my old Dell Inspiron it's just not cutting it.  I
> >>> >> should
> >>> >> have 8GB, can't justify a new laptop so adding memory will have to
> do.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I need to purchase 2x4GB DDR2-800 SODIMM to swap out my 2x2GB
> DDR2-800
> >>> >> memory.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Other than taking my chances on Ebay, Who would give me the best
> deal
> >>> >> on
> >>> >> buying the used memory I take out?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Anybody have any experiences to share?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> If you could use it to add memory to your laptop, contact me off
> list.
> >>> >> I'll be generous.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Miles D. Oliver
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
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