Is this fake

[Jamil367]

So i found hyper x 8gb ddr4 ram on alibaba for $30 and wondering if it was fake

[FuzzyLogic]

Edit: Didn't read, sorry.

[RGProductions]

Depends. Probably

[TetraSky]

If you need to ask that question, the answer is most likely Yes.

 

But without actually seeing the ad, we cannot say for certain, but it is likely to either be fake or a very low quality product that will work for 5 seconds before blowing in your face.

It may also depend if that price is the per unit price for a bulk order of like 1000 or for a single order, because on Alibaba, many things can only be ordered in bulk.

[Lord Nicoll]

Depends on speed, it's probably two 4GB sticks of slower RAM, although I'd expect a single 4GB to be about that. 

[Jamil367]

[DildorTheDecent]

Hyper X? Probably not tbh. Especially if it's 2133 slows. Or 2400 slows. 

[joethenerd2427]

If it's on Alibaba, it's most likely a cheap clone. Maybe it'll work, but it'll likely have some issue the real thing would not. 

[LienusLateTips]

Probably

[Sniperfox47]

Since it's bulk product this seems about in line with prices over here. keep in mind, they ship in 50-piece bulk boxes so unless you're ordering 400/800GB of ram it doesn't make sense as a consumer.

 

Considering how much they sell for over here, the import taxes on memory modules like this, the markup that regional importers will charge, and the markup that retailers would charge on top of it, this seems believable. SNFTL is also an actual RAM manufacturing company out of Shenzhen, with a pretty good reputation so to me it seems like it could be legit.

[TetraSky]

Found the ad on Alibaba, yes it's fake. It doesn't even look like a genuine HyperX Fury ram.

Also it's between 5$ and $30... per unit for a 10 unit min order. Meaning it's not $30, at the cheapest it would be $50 or $300

This is a genuine HyperX Fury, straight from Kingston's website (2400MHz model, the one as on Alibaba, the 2666MHz model is different and looks like the one in the Amazon linked posted above, here's the 2400MHz model, in red, on amazon, looks identical to the picture below)

Spoiler

look above the pins and under the heatspreader, see those neat lines of gold? Now compare that to the one you find on that Alibaba ad, they don't even remotely look the same. They are closer to silver and no where near as neatly arranged. I don't know what they are selling, but it's clearly not genuine Kingston RAM.