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by olavgg 3 hours ago
Maybe you have priced it wrong? I just checked Ebay, a 16GB 12800 Registered ECC module goes for 40-50USD ea. That is crazy! Last year they were like 5 USD each.
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Agree. I was buying DDR3 16GB sticks for some laptops at $5/pop on eBay, now $60+ each.
Do you have any links? I remember DDR3 sodimms being maybe $.25-$.50/gb for low capacity (4gb), but 8gb+ sticks were always $.80-1+/gb.
I misremembered, it was $5 for 16GB DDR4 (not DDR3) sticks that I was paying on eBay. That might change the pricing.

Here's one I found in my email:

https://imgur.com/a/YWYpuzp

That's a great price for either, especially for DDR4. Only one stick though, right?
Except almost nobody buys them, even last years for 10 bucks each. That's almost useless ECC Reg memory for HPE Gen 8 servers and workstations (from before late 2015 / start of 2016 with the introduction of the Gen9 using DDR4).

ECC unbuffered DIMMs (9 memory chips per side, no reg buffer/controller) is less available, quite widely used on level entry systems and thus costs a lot more even second hand.

That’s crazy, I bought a couple trays of DDR3 2 years ago for under $100 each.