Just spent almost 2grand on Memory

[NascarFool]

Originally posted by: BigJimbo
Just ordered 6x 512mb RD sticks for customer upgrades....man RD ram is rediculous


Order detail - order placed 2005-12-02 16:14:02

512 MB Module for a Dell OptiPlex GX300 Series System
Qty: 6
Unit Price: $299.99


Sub-Total: $1,799.94
Shipping: $8.00
Estimated Tax: $0.00


Total: $1,807.94




I feel sorry for those who have it in their home machines

I have a pair of (free) terminators if you need them Just email me.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: andylawcc
think on the bright side, at least they didn't get rapped from shipping 🙂

Rappers handle shipping now too! :Q

yeah... they are excellent gift-rapper too.

 

[mrrman]

yeah but RD ram is obsolete thats why its so much, would have been better off to buy a DDR MOBO

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: goku
Why didn't the op just get 4 128MB sticks so he'd have 512MB of ram per machine instead or possibly 2 256MB stikcks? I'm pretty sure it has 4 slots...

Room for expansion without having to scrap existing ram?

2 256MB sticks would have been fine, do you really believe he will use more than 1GB of ram on a workstation this old? Espcially one that had at one point less than 512MB ram?

 

[BigJimbo]

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: goku
Why didn't the op just get 4 128MB sticks so he'd have 512MB of ram per machine instead or possibly 2 256MB stikcks? I'm pretty sure it has 4 slots...

Room for expansion without having to scrap existing ram?

2 256MB sticks would have been fine, do you really believe he will use more than 1GB of ram on a workstation this old? Espcially one that had at one point less than 512MB ram?

2x 256 sticks would have been the same price. The machines are 2+ GHZ so there is room for expansion if its needed. The machines only have 2 slots for the ram and the price is the same per mb of ram.


My point was how rediculous the cost is for the memory. If they were personal machines...they would have gone on ebay.

as for my "customers" comment, they are actually the employees/end users...for some reason i refer to them as customers when speaking/typing to others.

 

[BigJimbo]

Originally posted by: dullard
Could have gotten it for $100 a piece at another store. Like here.

good find...but being a University, its easier to get approval from dell then some mom and pop shop online....newegg is even difficult

 

[BigJimbo]

Originally posted by: NascarFool

Originally posted by: BigJimbo
Just ordered 6x 512mb RD sticks for customer upgrades....man RD ram is rediculous


Order detail - order placed 2005-12-02 16:14:02

512 MB Module for a Dell OptiPlex GX300 Series System
Qty: 6
Unit Price: $299.99


Sub-Total: $1,799.94
Shipping: $8.00
Estimated Tax: $0.00


Total: $1,807.94




I feel sorry for those who have it in their home machines

I have a pair of (free) terminators if you need them Just email me.

Thanks for the offer...i think we have enough but if i need some ill contact you

 

[remagavon]

Rambus was awesome at the time, and the i850 chipset using the Intel Application Accelerator actually makes it very fast for disk access and load times. I had a Rambus-based xeon system that I unfortunately had to replace, due to Intel never introducing a 533mhz xeon chipset. (CPU Horsepower was severly lacking)

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: BigJimbo

Originally posted by: dullard
Could have gotten it for $100 a piece at another store. Like here.

good find...but being a University, its easier to get approval from dell then some mom and pop shop online....newegg is even difficult

I hear ya on that. We could save so much sometimes 🙁 Granted, we make it up when a HD dies or mobo fries on the dell machines.. I have a replacement part the next day.

 

[Winchester]

Uhh! RDRAM has to be upgraded in pairs. So you need 12, not 6 AFAIK.

 

[BigJimbo]

Originally posted by: Winchester
Uhh! RDRAM has to be upgraded in pairs. So you need 12, not 6 AFAIK.

wrong, you can place a terminator in place of the 2nd stick

 

[JulesMaximus]

Yeah...what's really rediculous is your speeling of the word redickulous...:roll: