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Hi , I've found these DDR3 "HyperX" sticks on eBay , thought like "ok they seem legit"

and then I've found that they sold HyperX heatsinks for RAM on Amazon for like 3 bucks the unit.

Now that I've thought, they are obviously fake and it's just some cheapo chinese DDR3 with fake HyperX heatsinks (they've also slapped on fake stickers)

Now, I'm just asking if this is reliable enough to use it in my PC. If not, where can I find reliable RAM nearing this price (or a little bit more , want to buy 30€ max for one 8GB stick)

Again , I apologize for my bad english , I'm French.

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https://www.ebay.fr/itm/For-8GB-Kingston-HyperX-PC3-12800-DDR3-1600MHz-240Pin-CL11-DIMM-Desktop-Memory/183082131560?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D7b25379cad7b430387a3df0d02aadac5%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D223581697042%26itm%3D183082131560%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

 

  

 

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1 minute ago, Genwyn said:

I’ve bought a bunch of these in the past, they’re taking older plain ram and putting heatsinks on it to sell with a markup.

Its still DDR3, it’s still it’s advertised speed, timings and capacity.


Most of the ones I got were just average micron kits, presumably original OEM stuff or crucial in house branded, then they put a heatsink on it.


I’ve only ever had one stick come that wasn’t the advertised capacity and it was a seller error and they sent me a correct one.

Thank you for the fast answer , and since that day does it still work correctly ? If that's the case I'm going to take them because heatsinks make the overall build look better when you've got a tempered glass case , I'm going to see if they don't have them in white or black at a similar price , would look even better. 

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1 minute ago, Genwyn said:

Yes, they all work fine.

In the end all ram is only made by SK Hynix, Micron and Samsung anyway. The heatsink doesn’t matter much.

Its effectively just used ram that’s being recycled and resold. 

Alright , that's nice to see ! So this means they will work nicely together in dual channel because of the same timings , frequency etc... Thank you for the help

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