Old RAM Sticks - what to do?

[Cache]

Just curious, over the last year I've upgraded a load of RAM in 70 odd PC's and now have a stack of spare RAM sticks sitting in the corner of my office. Curious if anyone has any ideas what I could do with it?

 

It's not the best in the world, 2 x 512MB DDR2 PC2-5300, but still, anyone have any suggestions other then recycling?

[Garacesh]

Although DDR2 doesn't come cheap these days, I still suspect you'd have trouble shifting 512 sticks on the likes of eBay etc. Unless you can think of some creative art project, recycling may be your only option.

[ICTDirect_Dave]

Bulk sell them on ebay. Some trader will pick them up. You'll not sell them individually, but if you've got 140 sticks somebody will take them

[network41]

Build a Death Star

[BKGarry]

They have holes the perfect size to make a nice geeky keyring :-)

[Garacesh]

Build a Death Star

 

Death star with DDR2? What next, IDE drives and floppy disks?! You'd never blow up Alderaan with a budget Death Star.

[BKGarry]

you sure about that one @Garacesh

 

[Garacesh]

you sure about that one @Garacesh

Might be able to blow up an orange, maybe. But not a planet

[Chris_]

Make a Christmas wreath to decorate your office! You'll be the envy of all the other departments!

[eyetea]

Learn to juggle, not just 3 sticks but all of your stash at once.

[abillybob]

I'm in the same dilemma, I've got 30 2GB DDR3 Laptop sticks lying about that now have no purpose as they came out of the Macs and where replaced with a 1x 8GB stick for VMWare. Hmmm what to do with all this RAM!

[Garacesh]

DDR3 laptop memory shouldn't be difficult to shift, I wouldn't think? A lot of laptops still only come with 1GB, or they have 2GB but an empty expansion slot.

[LeMarchand]

I'm in the same dilemma, I've got 30 2GB DDR3 Laptop sticks lying about that now have no purpose as they came out of the Macs and where replaced with a 1x 8GB stick for VMWare. Hmmm what to do with all this RAM!

 

Stupid question alert! Are these "Mac Only"?

[LosOjos]

@abillybob - if you're willing to sell one of those DDR3 sticks cheapy cheap, I could do with one...

[abillybob]

No they work in any laptop But they did come from a Mac. Send me an offer over and I'll talk to the head!!

[LosOjos]

I only need one for my netbook (personal). Never mind

[6Foot2]

Here is an idea that used a couple of years ago when we had an excess of RAM:

 

Link: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/jokes-interweb-things/106184-geek-christmas-wreath.html

 

http://i.snag.gy/i9Uvb.jpg

[Cache]

Cheers all, will give ebay a shot, although might try the Christmas Wreath and death star if I have no luck (might even try the wreaths any way as I like the look of them! )

[6Foot2]

...although might try the Christmas Wreath and death star if I have no luck (might even try the wreaths any way as I like the look of them! )

 

If you do please post your result: Although in theory the item should, in theory, be a close copy of the original ours was different from the one that inspired it and I perhaps yours will have variations too?

[6Foot2]

you sure about that one @Garacesh

 

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Same image but larger:

 

http://i.snag.gy/JOC0j.jpg

[rich_tech]

I had one of those HP pavilion desktops at the bottom of that pile there sad I think that I recognised it too

[newpersn]

I had one of those HP pavilion desktops at the bottom of that pile there sad I think that I recognised it too

 

Got one of those sat in my office. Took all the data off it for someone. ..

[jtoland]

Make a nice IT Display with them

[kevin_lane]

Death star brilliant lol

[cobra427col]

DaveP

 

Can I has a copy of the rules you have under the wreath (which was brilliant btw.. I'm quite sure it would be too geeky for here but...)