[NCLUG] source for cheap elderly memory?

[jcrout at softhome.net]

How much do you want to pay? I think have a small handful of some 128M
--- maybe some 256M.
-John


On Thu, 20 May 2010 17:24:57 -0700
"S. Luke Jones" <slukejones at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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