Choice of RAM [Solved]

veakin

Member
Hi,

I am looking to buy a new RAM 16 gb. I have found two options, and to me they seem exactly the same. However, one of them is twice the price...

It is the following:
Corsair CMV16GX4M1A2133C15 - 78 USD
Crucial CT16G4DFD8213 - 150 USD

Any reason why the crucial is that expensive?
 

johnb35

Administrator
Staff member
Probably because the crucial is sold by a third party and not by the actual website. Look here.

Corsair - 75.99 - https://www.newegg.com/corsair-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820233914
Crucial - 71.69 - https://www.newegg.com/crucial-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820156117

Even though the crucial is sold by a third party instead of newegg. Most third parties will inflate the price bigtime.

NOTE:

You do realize that 16gb sticks will not work in your lenovo desktop? Only up to 8gb sticks will work.
 

johnb35

Administrator
Staff member
Buy a dual channel kit meaning 2x8gb sticks. buying 2 sticks of that will be more expensive then a dual channel kit.

Buy any one of these.




Or even this 2400mhz set, they should just downclock to 2133mhz.

 
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