Question Guy wants to sell me 64gb ram

[swisso]

Hey, this guy on gumtree wants to sell me 64gb ram 2400mgz for 250 he said he bought it for 1000.Is he legit and is this a scam I'm really confused pls help

 

[geofelt]

What is the exact make/model number?
If it is a single kit, the price is not out of line.

Past that, exercise due diligence.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

Probably trying to exaggerate to get a better price - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...,65536002,65536004,65536008&sort=price&page=1

 

[swisso]

What is the exact make/model number?
If it is a single kit, the price is not out of line.

Past that, exercise due diligence.

he said it was crucial 2400mhz 16x4

 

[geofelt]

You might do better looking on ebay.
They have buyer protection if you pay with paypal.
Past that, A quick search of completed auctions shows some crucial 32gb kit sales more like $150.

 

[Calvin7]

exact make/model number?
was crucial 2400mhz 16x4

Looks like you don't know what part number is. You might be buying modules sold as Singles, two kits, or one kit.

 

[Gillerer]

Beware of registered/buffered server memory.

The guy may have accidentally bought some (that you can't use on non-Xeon/EPYC systems) and is trying to pass them along. Especially the low 2400 MHz speed and the brand being Crucial are suspicious.

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EDIT: I just noticed from the later posts that it's 4 x 16 GB kit, so the following may not apply to the OP, but I'm leaving it for later readers' reference:

Make sure it's DDR4 and that you can fit the number of modules in your system; you probably don't want and can't use 8x8 GB sticks of DDR3?

Some notes on maximum module size (for non-registered, non-buffered):

• DDR4 modules are commonly available up to 16 GB size per module.
• 32 GB DDR4 modules have been introduced lately in two variants:
  • one essentially works as two modules in one (so you can only use one of these double modules per channel)
  • the other is just double capacity
  • Compatibility with the CPU and motherboard needs to be double-checked from the manufacturer, and unless explicitly stated in the specs, you should assume your hardware is not compatible.
  • I don't how likely it would be for anyone would be selling either of these online (as of this writing - 2019-03-10) - unless they found out the hard way that their system wasn't compatible.
• DDR3 modules come in up to 8 GB size.

Any larger size modules will always be registered and you can't use them in consumer systems.