Chinese RAM for laptop?

[Giganthrax]

Hello.

 

I have a crappy 3-year old laptop that I can't replace yet ($$$ is problem), so I'm gonna get an SSD for it (which I can always put into my PC/future laptops once current laptop finally dies) and I'm also looking at a RAM upgrade (got only 2GB right now).

 

All the SO-DIMM I can buy locally is waaaaaaay overpriced for DDR3 memory, so I checked ebay and aliexpress. Found lots of stuff like this from Chinese sellers:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Crucial-8GB-2Rx8-PC3L-12800S-SODIMM-RAM-Laptop-Memory-Intel-DDR3L-1600Mhz/253897179713?hash=item3b1d738241:g:bKwAAOSwNEdbq16j

 

I assume this stuff isn't legit but... Did anyone test it?

[PineyCreek]

43 minutes ago, Giganthrax said:

Hello.

 

I have a crappy 3-year old laptop that I can't replace yet ($$$ is problem), so I'm gonna get an SSD for it (which I can always put into my PC/future laptops once current laptop finally dies) and I'm also looking at a RAM upgrade (got only 2GB right now).

 

All the SO-DIMM I can buy locally is waaaaaaay overpriced for DDR3 memory, so I checked ebay and aliexpress. Found lots of stuff like this from Chinese sellers:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Crucial-8GB-2Rx8-PC3L-12800S-SODIMM-RAM-Laptop-Memory-Intel-DDR3L-1600Mhz/253897179713?hash=item3b1d738241:g:bKwAAOSwNEdbq16j

 

I assume this stuff isn't legit but... Did anyone test it?

You know, a tremendous amount of things are manufactured in China.  RAM especially.  It's really not that far-fetched considering they aren't a third world country.  They have computers too.

 

Also, it's eBay, so they have their own customer protections.  On top of that, you're in Australia, going by the currency listing I got using your link, so you have further consumer protections on purchases unless I'm missing something.  What's your risk?

 

Although, between the two choices, I'd rather go with eBay based on their customer protection.

[Giganthrax]

I'm not in Australia (the listing just shows in AU, dunno why), but yeah, you're right. 

 

Guess I'm gonna give it a shot.