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Article #96Re: The Ultimate Memory Prices
From: Ricardo Kleemann
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 00:00
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Russ Smith wrote: > > Dennis Webber wrote: > [words on memory prices including...] > > ...Now that's Internet price... > > At a computer show (these occur with shocking frequency > around here (Wash. D.C. area)) the prices for both memory > and CPUs were easily 10% to 20% LESS than those advertised > here on the Net. I bought both a 166MHz Pentium and 32Mbytes > of parity SIMMS from a local shop there, popped them into > the MB, and I was a happy camper. Pushed the memory to 60ns > from its rated 70ns and was STILL a happy camper. I saved > approximately 18% on the memory, not sure what on the CPU. > > And they were name-brand SIMMS, too, Kingston and PNY. > > Russ <Smith@ur-guh.com> Hey! do you know if you can pop in a 166mhz pentium into a 100mhz pentium? Do the clock ratings have to change on the MB or is that done internally to the chip??
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1001b2,2dddde3d54b477a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid1001b2,public X-Google-Thread: 10b872,2dddde3d54b477a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b872,public X-Google-Thread: 114a84,2dddde3d54b477a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid114a84,public X-Google-Thread: 10a33e,2dddde3d54b477a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a33e,public X-Google-Thread: faca2,2dddde3d54b477a7 X-Google-Attributes: gidfaca2,public X-Google-Thread: 10eae6,2dddde3d54b477a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10eae6,public X-Google-Thread: 1019d9,2dddde3d54b477a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid1019d9,public X-Google-Thread: f4d34,2dddde3d54b477a7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d34,public From: Ricardo Kleemann <ricardo@americasnet.com> Subject: Re: The Ultimate Memory Prices Date: 1996/03/07 Message-ID: <313F4C47.9F5@americasnet.com> X-Deja-AN: 142137029 references: <3134ECAF.1E5F@pilot.msu.edu> <31378e4f.659194@news.alt.net> <4h8g53$ras@grouper.Exis.Net> <313A5A66.393A@thelocalnet.com> <313C4CF7.54A8@ur-guh.com> to: Russ Smith <smith@ur-guh.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: AmericasNet Internet mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.micron,alt.sys.pc-clone.acer,alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000,alt.sys.pc-clone.zeos,biz.marketplace.computers.discussion,biz.marketplace.computers.pc-clone,biz.marketplace.services.computers,comp.benchmarks,comp.forsale.computers,misc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale.computers.other.misc,misc.forsale.computers.other.systems,misc.forsale.computers.discussion,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.misc,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.motherboards,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.cards.video,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.audio,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.motherboards,misc.forsale.computers.memory,misc.forsale.computers.storage,misc.forsale.computers.modems,misc.forsale.computers.monitors,a x-mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I)