I finally started putting my new computer together from its constituent parts, and I bought DDR3 to go in it. Well, I should have looked harder at the motherboard spec, evidently…
Anyone:
a) want to buy 4GB (2 sticks) of DDR3 RAM from me, I paid £83, make me an offer.
b) want to have for free the old DDR1 RAM (2 1GB sticks) from my old computer, oh yes, it was time for an upgrade. (plenty of other bits going spare, including a *single core* processor, how retro.)
c) want to sell me at least 2GB of DDR2 RAM for less than the market price, let me know quickly as I’ll probably cave and go to Crosswood tomorrow otherwise.
On the plus side I’ve sewed up a hole in my coat, and Jimmy and I got another 5 geocaches today, bringing our total to 22. Lots of fun!
Scatman Dan | 14-Feb-10 at 5:28 pm | Permalink
You bought a DDR2 mobo? How retro!
Simon might be in the market for buying some DDR3 AND selling some DDR2 (he needs to upgrade a broken mobo at home, but the replacement he wants is DDR3 only). I’ll ask him at work tomorrow, but if you don’t hear from me in the affirmative, then either I’ve forgotten or it’s a no-go.
The Pacifist | 14-Feb-10 at 10:07 pm | Permalink
You know.. if you bought the memory online and it was in the last few days you can send it back for a refund no questions asked..
In fact even if it’s older than that a lot of places will take it back and give you a refund (minus a ‘restocking’ fee)
Eskoala | 15-Feb-10 at 9:03 am | Permalink
Dan: I think I changed which mobo it was for one that was in stock and then didn’t check properly. Presumably it won’t matter too much, since it’s only the speed that’s affected, and the graphics memory will take most of the hit in games? If it’s going to be a big deal I should get a motherboard instead! I’ll wait on your reply ’til about 5pm.
Pacifist: It arrived quite a while ago (a few weeks), and I already opened it because I assumed it would fit. I’m guessing that’s out of the window of send-back-able.