ot: the best online computer parts store?

[Cody]

Mid range is what I'm looking for I need nothing fancy.

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From: "Jane Lee" <applegoddess at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: ot: the best online computer parts store?


> On 9/13/07, Cody <churst35 at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Forgot to mention i went to the memory section and I am not in any way
>> paying over $200 for a ddr2 800 stick of ram when I can get it elsewhere 
>> for
>> $35 or $50. That is pricy. Saw nothing below $90 for the type of ram I
>> needed.
>
> Got any idea as to how much you want, with which timings, et cetera?
> All you're giving are cost, nothing in regards to specs.  For all I
> know, you could be grabbing the cheapest product from one and the most
> expensive from the other.  That's no comparison.
>
> Straight comparisons of the cheap generic ram to quality
> mushkin/ocz/crucial etc. aren't that fantastic because they differ so
> much in specs although they might functionally be the same RAM on the
> surface.  And I assure you that Newegg is not expensive when it comes
> to memory.
>
> You want cheap ddr2 800?
> cheapo 512mb, $19.99 - buy 4 and be under your $90 limit:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141063
>
> 512mb from ocz, 43.99, two of which are still under your $90 limit:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227125
>
> cheapo 1gb, 32.99, again, two of these would be under $90, or buy
> three to go over it just a bit:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211062
>
> decent 1gb from mushkin, 44.99, hey will you look at that, two is
> still under $90:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146117
>
> Now, what's actually over $200?  The 2gb dual channel kits are
> $200-300 - 2 sticks of 2gb ram for a total of 4gb.  Which is entirely
> reasonable, given that 1gb is about $30-50.  Newegg doesn't sell any
> single sticks for $200.  Not even close.
>
> Now, cody, honestly, if you can find any retailer that will sell you
> 4gb of ddr2 800 ram for $35, or even $90, please link it.  That's
> almost too cheap to be true.  Preferably from a good manufacturer,
> too.
>
> And you want to know the kicker about this whole thing?  outletpc
> doesn't even have ddr2 800 ram.
>
> cheers,
> jane
>
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