[NCLUG] source for cheap elderly memory?

[S. Luke Jones]

We have recently retired two XP machines and I'd like to repurpose them using Linux.

They both have 512 MB of RAM and I'd like to double that for each of them. One is a Dell Dimension 3000 and uses PC2700/3200 DDR SDRAM DIMM. The other is an eMachine T5048, using PC3200 DDR SDRAM DIMM.

The problem is that the cost of new memory is prohibitive. (The places I've checked run about $25-30 each for 2 512MB modules, and $60-plus-shipping is too much to upgrade a six year old machine, when you can usually get a brand new machine from the Dell Outlet for a little more than $300.)

So. Can anyone recommend a source to get old, used RAM on the cheap?

S. Luke Jones
slukejones at gmail.com