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Reefa_Madness said:I've seen the PC3200 512MB pictured at newegg, but just thought that it might be an old picture. Glad to see it is still available...I like the Micron on PC3200 (just don't ask about PC3700 ).
g-dawg said:Picked up 2 x 512 sticks of this yesterday at circut city for $130.00
KVR400AK2/512R
740617072679 K2 2.6 v
on chip
MT 46V32M8
TG -5B C
The guy said this was the new stuff that they just got in this week. Happy hunting.
Reefa_Madness said:Hey guy, double check does sticks. I believe that is the 2 x 256 product code you just listed, not the 2 x 512. That is a kit of 2 sticks (K2), totalling 512MB. The R is the code for the Retail box. The product code for the 1gig retail kit is KVR400AK/1GR. This is the one that is 2 x 512MB sticks.
This is still good ram, but you might be able to get it cheaper if you follow Reefa's tips on cheap KVR (which is an adaptation of flapper's key to cheap KVR). Keep an eye out for the next four weeks (verify this is the "returns" time frame at CC) to see if this same ram (product code, no concern for ICs used) goes on sale anywhere. It usually will be on sale every few weeks at either BB or CC for about $80, after mail-in-rebates. Buy it on sale, saving all MIR forms and receipts. What you want to do is to then return to Circuit City the second purchase, using the first (CC's) receipt. At Circuit City's returns desk they don't care if your return of an unopended box of Kingston ValueRam in a dual-channel kit has Micron, Hynix or Kingston labeled chips, they just want a box of unopened ram that they can resale. You keep the box purchased at CC, but claim your rebates from the second purchase using the UPC from the box of the Circuit City ram and you end up with the ICs you wanted (Micron) at the sale price.
You are not doing anything illegal, you made two actual purchases of the same product, with the same UPC code and the same product description in the same retail box. It makes no difference which one you return to which store, as for their purposes, they are identical products.
Reefa_Madness said:I do the same thing when Kingston has sales at their site. Buy locally, where I can select the ICs that I want, then order from Kingston the same product. Keep checking here, as well as the BB and CC for those dual packs of 2 x 256 to go on sale.
http://www.shop.kingston.com/0804kvr/default.asp?sls=shop_spcl
I just did the following:
I picked up a gig of Hynix (that is how I was able to post its product code above) bt-d43 in 2 x 512 from CC last Wednesday. They sale it for $250. Kingston is running a special at shop.kingston on the same dual-channel kit with who knows or who cares ICs for $162 less a $20 rebate, for net $142. I should receive it on Monday, then stroll down to my local CC and return a dual channel kit of 1 gig of kvr. It just won't be the Hynix, but it will be the identical product code in an unopened box. I end up with a gig of Hynix for $142 and maybe I'll get lucky like that guy from Malaysia and be able to hit 2-2-2 as well. Fat chance, I know, but I can always dream, right?
Now, if the stuff from Kingston is Hynix or Micron, then I'll probably keep it and return the original (or order another set from Kingston???).
Reefa_Madness said:It didn't take long.
http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c=1&b=g&u=c&catoid=-10263&qp=0&oid=87386&m=0
On sale for $109.99, less $30.00 MIR, net cost = $79.99 - savings of $50.00 over what you paid for it.
Nice little sum to put back in your pocket.
flapperhead said:one thing in this forum for sure is, mistakes get caught real quick.. thats why i cant believe buffalo isnt using all the great work you guys did on their memory...
g-dawg said:Good stuff, bad stuff or so-so?