1.) Find a kit you want to buy

2.) Go buy it

3.) Change your mind and decide not to at the last moment

4.) You’ve just saved at least $500+ depending on the kit you were after

5.) Repeat until you save so much that money won’t be an issue anymore

6.) Now buy it with some of the money you’ve just saved

(bonus tip: works for real estate as well)

  • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 day ago

    How can I make sure it’s in 100% perfect working condition. ?

    Memtest is what you’re after. You need to boot into it from a USB key because you can’t reliably test ram on a running OS.

    There’s a commercial version that has a free offering or this open source one which I’ve found excellent.

    I’d encourage you to sell it. In these trying times, any extra supply is helpful.

    • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      22 hours ago

      This is super helpful, thank you. I’m going to do that and then I can screen shot the report and let people know I tested it and what it said.

      Someone told me I could just put one of the 16gb at a time, in my current motherboard. Start up the PC. If it’s good it will start , if not then it won’t. But I wasn’t sure if that would really be an indicator of condition or not. I mean if completely junk it would. But otherwise not really.

      Yeah I was just going to sit on it.

      1. I worried I would accidentally sell something not in great shape to someone. (But now you have given me a solution to that) And 2. Would anyone even want used ram? (Apparently yes).

      I’m convinced now.

      Best to get it to someone who needs it for gaming or software needs.