Love rebates? Buy.com - get 3 Kingston RAM sticks (64+64+128) and TDK CD-R 100 Pack for $70. 256MB for $70.

[mrVW]

I know this deal isn't for everyone... but I did it! If you DON'T MIND REBATES, this is a rebate heavy deal. Ok. Trying to combine some deals.

TDK 74Minute 100PK Cakebox is $39.95 then $20 rebate.
Kingston 64MB PC100 CL2 DIMM $32.95 then $10 rebate.
Kingston 64MB PC133 CL3 DIMM $22.95 deal of the day.
Kingston 128MB PC133 CL3 DIMM $54.95 then $20 rebate.

--- total --- $39.95 + 32.95 + 22.95 + 54.95 = $150.80 which gets you qualified for a $30 existing customer coupon. My total comes out to $120.80 then $7.01 Standard shipping.

Then I have two kingston rebates ($10, then $20), and a TDK rebate ($20). Final cost, $70 for 256MB of RAM! The CD-R's are just frosting on the Cakebox [grin].

 

[mrVW]

OK. Here are the links:

Buy-Com TDK 74MIN 100PK Cakebox of CD-R for $39.95
Buy-Com Kingston ValueRAM PC100 CL2 - $32.95
Buy-Com Kingston ValueRAM PC133 CL3 - $22.95 (Deal of the Day)
Buy-Com Kingston ValueRAM PC133 CL3 for $54.99
Then the coupon:
well, you have to go to some other site to get the Coupon, not allowed to post it here on AnandTech.
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Then the rebates:
Valueram.com Buy.com $10 off 64MB PC100
Valueram.com Buy.com $20 off 128MB PC133
TDK.com $20 rebate on 100pack CD-R

 

[aolj]

pretty nicely done but i think for kingston, u only get a rebate per household. you might lose out one of the rebates.

 

[firestorm225]

Heres another good deal which I'm going to get. Get the PC-133 Value ram and the Quantum 20.5 gb 7200 hard drive The total would be $170.90. Now use the 30 of 150 buy.com coupon (Techbargains) to bring it down to $140.90. Then use the PC-133 rebate and this $20 rebate for the hard drive: Quantum Rebate Form So the total price for PC-133 memory and a 20gb hard drive $100.90 + s&h and tax.

By the way, before I buy, is the Value Ram good?

 

[mrVW]

Is it any good:
Yes, it is good VALUE. It isn't the fastest. Frankly, Kingston has been shipping every brand they can find lately. On the PC100, I purchased Kingston PC100 128MB 3 times, got 3 different brands!... who knows!

They do have lifetime warrenty, and I think they are very good at dealing with warrenty / compatibility problems.

They are the best "brand" of the repackagers. Easy stuff to resell later when you want to upgrade.

 

[Lanyap]

Nice deal.

Multiple Kingston rebates are ok as long as the offer#'s are different. I've got four Kingston RAM rebates approved and waiting to be sent to me.

I wonder if there is a rebate on the DOTD 64MB PC133.

 

[esquared]

Good deal MrVW.
I got in on the 100 TDK deal in Nov-Dec, received the rebate 2 weeks ago. Pretty fast. Also got in on the 128 mb PC133 ram. If I hadn't purchased the previous two I would probably get in on this deal. My Value Ram was Infineon chips, but nowdays the chips could be Winbond, IBM, Nanya or Infineon. But it's still a "good deal". Thanks for the post, others will benefit.

 

[CurtisBilly]

Why not just get two dotd 64 meg chips?

 

[Time2Kill]

if I leave the deal of the day in my basket, will it still have the same price tomorrow?

 

[mrVW]

Curtis: If you get 2 DOTD 64M, you will be $10 short for the coupon... that is why the deal makes sense to get the PC100 that has the $10 rebate.

 

[CEO]

firestorm,

I would take the 30GB if I were you. Only $8 difference.

 

[speed24get]

that's a good deal,but you can't use a pc133 and pc100 at the same time :-(

 

[858diver]

Is buy.com "...one of Quantum's Authorized Marketers located in the US..." as specified in the terms of the rebate?

 

[Zero]

Of course you can run 100 and 133 at the same time. I'm doing it right now.

Zero

 

[Lanyap]

Yes 858diver: http://www.quantum.com/quantum/promos/fbplus_as_rebate.htm

 

[mrVW]

The quantum deal now has a new thread.

What the heck you mean you can't use PC133 and PC100 at the same time.

Heck PC100 CAS2 = PC133 CAS3 ... pretty much the same thing.

 

[Alesmith]

Of course you can use PC-133 and PC-100 at the same time. They are the same thing, just one is rated to work reliably at the higher speed.

It's exactly the same as the difference between a P3-700 and a P3-800. Same thing, just different test result.

Cheers,
-Dave

 

[TimidOCer]

I love kingston value ram i got 128mb of pc100 a while ago and get this it does 150!!!!!!1 150 fsb i dont run at that speed but i had it on and it ran stable for 8 hours under prime 95 and cpu stab and 3dmark! OUCH

 

[hatexd]

I had used $30 off $150 coupon last week. Can I reuse the coupon again?

 

[Caveman2001]

I bought 256mb of PNY for $101.95 and a 128mb stick of the Kingston @ $51.95. After using the $30 off $150 and the $20 Kingston rebate, My total cost is $103.90 + shipping and Tax.

Total after everything = $120.13 for 384MB PC133 RAM.

That's basically $.31 per MB

Price watch's PC133 is $76 shipped for PC 256MB and it's Generic, which is $.29 per MB, but you can't use that in everything (especially if you have an Athlon).

Better RAM, better retailer, a good deal.