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by saryant 4293 days ago
RAM is a good example of where Amazon's design falls down a bit. For items like RAM, where you know the exact specs you need, NewEgg is hard to beat. Their power search lets you drill down to precisely what you need.

I like Amazon when I don't know quite what I want. That's where the reviews come in.
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taeric 4293 days ago
For me, I didn't know the exact specs I needed. I just wanted whatever worked in my laptop. Oddly, they have this down pretty well for cars. Whenever I am looking at automotive parts, it lets me know if it works for my vehicle.

If I recall, I wound up buying straight from crucial. They were the first site where I could type in what laptop I had and it would give me options for ram to buy.

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Omniusaspirer 4293 days ago
It's a shame Newegg is rarely the place to go for actually good prices these days. I find I'm buying something like 80% of my computer parts from Amazon now as they consistently beat Newegg on the price of nearly everything barring some extremely rare (and randomly timed) substantial sale on Newegg.
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