Cheap ddr3?

[DVA]

Hey guys, I'll be giving my laptop to my wife but she has...let's say issues with her patience. Anyway, I will be replacing the current 5400 hdd with a much needed SSD. I wanted to upgrade the 8gb's of ram to 16. 

 

So far from my own quick searches, it will be about $100 bucks for 16gb's of ddr3 at 1800 mhz using a 204pin connection. Is that just above average or am I not looking hard enough for a much better price? ddr3 is so old (in my opinion) but it's costing only $50 less than my ddr4 coutnerpart @ 3000mhz with RGB.

 

Any help with websites that can help me find some for cheaper or discounted? I'd go with ebay but I don't want some dud sticks that they grabbed from some scrapyard lol. 

I use PCPartPicker for my quick search earlier by the way. 

 

Thanks for any help guys.

[Fasauceome]

eBay ram isn't scrapyard ram, all of the RAM I've ever bought from eBay has been fine. And I've owned a lot of used ddr3

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

4 minutes ago, DVA said:

Hey guys, I'll be giving my laptop to my wife but she has...let's say issues with her patience. Anyway, I will be replacing the current 5400 hdd with a much needed SSD. I wanted to upgrade the 8gb's of ram to 16. 

 

So far from my own quick searches, it will be about $100 bucks for 16gb's of ddr3 at 1800 mhz using a 204pin connection. Is that just above average or am I not looking hard enough for a much better price? ddr3 is so old (in my opinion) but it's costing only $50 less than my ddr4 coutnerpart @ 3000mhz with RGB.

 

Any help with websites that can help me find some for cheaper or discounted? I'd go with ebay but I don't want some dud sticks that they grabbed from some scrapyard lol. 

I use PCPartPicker for my quick search earlier by the way. 

 

Thanks for any help guys.

Have you looked on Craigslist and local small Computer shops? Usually the smaller ones will carry an assortment of used hardware for sale. That way you can even validate the memory is detected in your system before handing over your cash. 

[DVA]

2 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

eBay ram isn't scrapyard ram, all of the RAM I've ever bought from eBay has been fine. And I've owned a lot of used ddr3

Alright you convinced me. Easy peasy. I just bought a 1080ti off ebay a few days ago. Thinking about this post...feels kind of dumb posting it now LOL. 

 

*buys 1080ti off ebay* ---> ~worried about buying ddr3 ram ~

 

oops

[DVA]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Have you looked on Craigslist and local small Computer shops? Usually the smaller ones will carry an assortment of used hardware for sale. That way you can even validate the memory is detected in your system before handing over your cash. 

Read my statement above, I'm just going to use ebay and trust in their buyer protection

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just now, DVA said:

Read my statement above, I'm just going to use ebay and trust in their buyer protection

Well how about local shops though? You just asked for cheaper sites so.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[DVA]

2 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Well how about local shops though? You just asked for cheaper sites so.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks for the help! i wish I had local shops that sold that kind of stuff around me, unfortunately I have to drive around 45minutes or so to find some of those kinds of shops. 

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Especially since RAM is generally some of the most reliably stuff you'll ever put in a PC, and often has lifetime warranty, you shouldn't have to worry too much

[DVA]

15 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Especially since RAM is generally some of the most reliably stuff you'll ever put in a PC, and often has lifetime warranty, you shouldn't have to worry too much

Lifetime warranty huh? I had NO idea about that. 

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Just now, DVA said:

Lifetime warranty huh? I had NO idea about that. 

It won't always, and you'll have to make sure that any warranty it does have transfers when you buy/sell it second hand, but yeah, it's possible.