Intell VC -820 and 128 meg 800mhz RDRAM ...$339.00

[ryanpgroovy]

I thought you might like this.http://ocz.safeshopper.com/29/2546.htm?928

 

[GLudlow]

I'll buy RDRAM when it's within a few percentages of SDram... even at this decent price, it's not really worth it.

EDIT:
This is a motherboard AND ram. And yes, this is a great deal! I'm sorry.

 

[darthtony]

Still ... for the MB and the 800 Mhz Rimms, this is good. Includes shipping.

 

[DSchell]

I wonder if they screwed other customers out of this... Or maybe they are screwing Intel. I had one of the CC820 mobos that were swapped out for a VC820 w/ 128MB of RDRAM-800. I got no response from the reseller I dealt with, so I went to Intel directly. I traded my CC820 (paid about $140 for it) for this mobo/RDRAM combo. A good deal for me. Thanks, Intel. However, a number of resellers told their customers that they would only be able to get their purchase price back on teh CC820. I am guessing that these places then did the swap with Intel "for their customers" and are now selling them like this. The stuff may be good quality, but at this pricing I can't see it coming from a "snow white" method.

 

[hans007]

Its a good price considering. Intel board generally carry a premium a vc820 being around $150. And with sdram being relatively expensive right now, a pc133 dimm 128mb non generic being around $150, this isn't that bad.

 

[dabuddha]

i read somewhere (prolly in another thread) that you can't mix and match rdram and sdram
is that true?
cause rdram is hella expensive right now so i'd pretty much be capped at 128 megs.

 

[DSchell]

You are correct. The VC820 uses only RDRAM. And also only has 2 slots for it. The original design called for 3 slots, but Intel couldn't make it work.... And they claim that RDRAM is great.