HOT! - PNY 512MB PC2700 DDR Memory For $49.99 Shipped After Rebate

[Kenji4861]

Bestbuy has the PNY 512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM memory module for a good price. More memory let's your computer handle multi-tasking better.

1. http://www.bestbuy.com to go to Bestbuy.
2. Search and add D512MPC2700 ( Memory : $79.99 )
3. Rebate Price : -$30.00
Final Price : $49.99

 

[shiftomnimega]

I was so mad at PNY when I picked that ram up a while ago.

Okay so way back I picked up PNY optima 512mb PC2700 ram... it was samsung ram, nice.

I picked up PNY optima 512mb PC2700 ram recently and... it was SPEKTEK RAM!

SPEKTEK! WHO THE HECK!? LoL I was pissed. I should've returned it. Spektek is Bestbuy's cheapo ram back there... blah

 

[weepul]

u cant blame bestbuy. pny rebadges ram from many different companies. consider urself lucky when u get samsung. consider urself unlucky when u get spektek.

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[RV6Pilot]

Took your link to BestBuy.com and found the following:

Price before:
$30 mail-in rebate

Our Price: $159.99
You Save: $80.00

Sale: $79.99

Did I miss something?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: RV6Pilot
Took your link to BestBuy.com and found the following:

Price before:
$30 mail-in rebate

Our Price: $159.99
You Save: $80.00

Sale: $79.99

Did I miss something?

maybe the part about price before the MIR

PNY - 512MB PC2700 DDR DIMM Memory D512MPC2700

Price before:
$30 mail-in rebate

Our Price: $159.99
You Save: $80.00
Sale: $79.99

On Sale

bestbuy

 

[TrentSteel]

I picked up one of these a few months back for the same price and got Bravo chips (which I am still puzzling over). Still, it overclocked very well to almost 3200 speeds--not a single error, warning after 72 hours of Prime95 and far too many hours of WolfET.

Question: Does Bravo mean anything to anyone (besides the obvious)?

 

[dew042]

fyi: spectek = micron = crucial

one big happy family.

dew.

 

[catnap1972]

Originally posted by: dew042
fyi: spectek = micron = crucial

one big happy family.

I bought one of those from Staples this weekend (should receive tomorrow). Just for the heck of it, I went to see what BB had in those (in terms of chip brands) just in case I get junk and wanted to do a buy and exchange. Three with "BRAVO" chips and a fourth one with an "S" in a diamond...any idea who the "S" chips were (they weren't Samsung)?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: cougarls88

Originally posted by: dew042
fyi: spectek = micron = crucial

one big happy family.

I bought one of those from Staples this weekend (should receive tomorrow). Just for the heck of it, I went to see what BB had in those (in terms of chip brands) just in case I get junk and wanted to do a buy and exchange. Three with "BRAVO" chips and a fourth one with an "S" in a diamond...any idea who the "S" chips were (they weren't Samsung)?

"S" = Spectek

 

[catnap1972]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon

"S" = Spectek

Micron rejects from the sound of it.

Oh well, I'll just return it if I get one of those.

 

[konichiwa]

Outpost has it for $74.99 with $30 rebate and Staples has it for $79.99 with $30 rebate.

So PM Staples to Outpost, save $5.50 (should cover tax/shipping for most)

 

[StormRider]

I've been buying cheap PC2700 512 meg memory (for around $49 AR) in preparation for my new system using my MSI K7N2 Delta motherboard. I just got a Sonata case for it. But anyways, back to the memory.

I bought a stick of PNY PC2700 with Bravo chips. Never heard of the company before. Put it into my Leadtek that already had two 512 meg sticks in. I started getting reboots so I ran memtest86+ on it. I got errors. So, I took it out and no more errors (although I recently got a random reboot) from memtest86+. I'm hoping the memory is good and that my errors were caused by having 3 sticks of 512 megs DDR RAM and that my motherboard is borderline in having all 3 dimm slots filled.

I later bought a stick of PC2700 512 meg with Spectek chips (also for $49 AR) and put it into my Leadtek. Memtest86+ also reported errors. So, I'm back to having only 2 dimm slots filled in my Leadtek.

I also bought 3 sticks of PC2700 512 meg K-Byte memory using Avant chips (another company I've never heard of). I'm planning on using these on my MSI K7N2 board. I hope they are good memory. I took a chance on them -- but I couldn't pass up the $49 AR price. It seems that lately Best Buy has been selling memory for $49 AR every week. Normally I would buy memory from Newegg or something but the $49 AR price was too good to pass.

 

[nebula]

StormRider

What you should try is running memtest with only the new sticks in the board, one at a time. Like you said, you/we don't know if your mobo doesn't like 3 sticks or if the memory is flaky.

 

[Lurker1]

Some mobos only like DDR 400 with all three slots filled. They'll work fine with 2 slots and even PC 2100, but require 3200+ for all 3.

 

[catnap1972]

Originally posted by: nebula
StormRider

What you should try is running memtest with only the new sticks in the board, one at a time. Like you said, you/we don't know if your mobo doesn't like 3 sticks or if the memory is flaky.

Agreed...I'd be very interested in knowing if those new sticks were causing the trouble (in which case, mine is definitely going back.)

 

[Murph74]

Don't think this is all that hot personally. Jsut got a matching pair (2x256) of Kingston PC3200 for $56 at best buy on Saturday-- it was $90 minus the 10% coupon = $81- $25 MIR= $56.

And yes, my PowerEgde 400SC is very happy with it.

 

[StormRider]

Okay, I'm running memtest86+ with the Bravo chip memory on my other system (ECS K75SA - my Leadtek also has the SIS 735 chipset) right now. I'll let you guys know the results after an hour or so (to go through 1 pass).

 

[StormRider]

Right now, I have both the Spectek PC2700 512 meg stick and the Bravo PC2700 512 meg stick in my ECS K75SA board and it passed through 1 round of tests on memtest86+ without any errors.

Previously on my Leadtek, both of these sticks caused some errors during the 1st round when I used them to filled all 3 dimm slots. Since they both passed without any errors on my ECS, I think it's safe to assume that the cause was my motherboard not being able to handle having all 3 slots filled.

 

[HappyNic]

Did you guys try staples,, you could get a better deal from them. $79 - $30 MIR - (10 off $40 coupon)= $39
Or you get 2 stick and use the 30 off 150 coupon , lowing it down to $35 per stick of 512mb.

 

[777php]

i tried installing into my new T41 and it isn't being recognized, I hope I didn't get a bad stick.

Anyone hear of any incompatabilities with this ram and certain notebook models? BTW I bought the specktek version.

 

[catnap1972]

CC supposedly has Kingston PC2700 (512MB) for $49.99AR this coming week.

 

[Lurker501]

Originally posted by: HappyNic
Did you guys try staples,, you could get a better deal from them. $79 - $30 MIR - (10 off $40 coupon)= $39
Or you get 2 stick and use the 30 off 150 coupon , lowing it down to $35 per stick of 512mb.

Staples doesn't do PM on mail-in rebates. I spoke to several CS about it over there and they quote it verbatim.

 

[Oakenfold]

Superman!

 

[Lurker501]

I tried going to my local Best Buy to pick this memory up but they ran out. So I thought I would go down to Circuit City and they had a similar deal only with Centon chips so I picked one up. 512MB PC2700 for $49 AR + tax.

Don't know anything about this manufacturer, but I figured if there's a problem with it I could always return it.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Is this stuff better than Kingston?