Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Over 500 Used DIMMs?

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Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Over 500 Used DIMMs?

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 29, 2012 @05:55AM from the dimm-house dept.

An anonymous reader writes "My company is pursuing a RAM upgrade, resulting in 500+ used DDR3 4GB DIMMs. What could this be used for? Are there any cheap products on the market which can take a huge number of DIMMs? Is there a worthy cause we should donate the gear to?"

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Yum by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-29 05:58 · Score: 2, Funny

EAT THEM!
1. Re:Yum by Dogtanian · 2012-10-29 06:50 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  EAT THEM!
  Not a good idea- I tried eating one and it took me an eternity. At a guess, I'd say it had around four billion bites' worth.
  
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On this topic by Threni · 2012-10-29 06:03 · Score: 5, Funny

I've got a load of car stereos I want to shift fast because..uh..I've upgraded to in-car mp3 players or something. Anyway, if you want a load of car stereos quick and aren't going to ask too many questions then get in touch.
Armor by Microlith · 2012-10-29 06:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Put holes in the corners and connect them via metal rings. Create yourself a suit of nerd armor the likes of which has never been seen. With 500 DIMMs you should be able to get a chest piece or pair of gauntlets...
Dance Dance what? by tepples · 2012-10-29 06:23 · Score: 4, Funny

What sort of MB are you using that's loaded with DDR4?
Original PlayStation, model SCPH-5500-something if I remember correctly. It runs Dance Dance Revolution Konamix, the U.S. version of Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix.
Oh, you meant that DDR4, the kind that can hold every Dance Dance Revolution song in one stick of RAM at once.
Re:PCs for Kids by Kenja · 2012-10-29 06:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Better yet! Give them out as halloween "treats".

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Re:eBay... by rot26 · 2012-10-29 06:44 · Score: 5, Funny

And yet putting them on eBay costs next to nothing and you'll never know until you try.

At one point after a project failed to get off the ground I had about 100 new-in-box Supermicro ATX motherboards each with a couple of ISA slots. Turns out that after the death of ISA, those motherboards started gaining value until they were worth more than they cost new. So I sold them all and made thousands of dollars**.

**This is a partially a lie, I was lazy and just threw them away.

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Re:eBay... by ArcadeNut · 2012-10-29 06:59 · Score: 5, Funny

So the next /. story would be "Hey, I just bought 500 DIMMS on eBay, what should I do with them?"

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Re:eBay... by synapse7 · 2012-10-29 07:26 · Score: 3, Funny

Or, campus/company computer labs missing all RAM modules.
Re:PCs for Kids by CubicleZombie · 2012-10-29 07:27 · Score: 3, Funny

I tried to "give back" to my high school years after graduating by donating a bunch of three year old office PCs. They didn't want them. Too old. The computer lab was six Apple II's when I was there in the nineties and now these were too old. Now I'm a homeowner in the county and that explains why my taxes are so high.

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Re:PCs for Kids by kenh · 2012-10-29 08:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Dip them in chocolate, wrap them up in a colorful wrapper, and call them something like "Computer Memory dipped in chocolate" (include the quotes - the kids will think it's a joke name, then when they take a bite, the joke's on them!)

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Re:PCs for Kids by loganljb · 2012-10-29 09:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Wouldn't that be 'take a byte'? Sorry, couldn't resist.
Re:PCs for Kids by Gilmoure · 2012-10-29 10:15 · Score: 5, Funny

So... My 30 pin 16 meg SIMMs are not worth anything anymore? I just don't have a 30 MHz 68030 system anymore.

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