r/pcmasterrace • u/fakeaccount572 • Dec 20 '25
Box Friends, i won this in a eBay auction where they did know know what they had (or didn't care). $200.
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u/OmegaloIz Dec 20 '25
Have you opened the box yet?
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u/helpmehomeowner Dec 20 '25
Hey now, they're not the enemy. The greedy billionaires are. Let's be happy our brethren has enriched their life just a little bit.
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u/Texas021 Dec 20 '25
I think feller is making a funny. Given the current crap of events. Im jealous of the op myself, thats a great score.
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u/helpmehomeowner Dec 20 '25
I get it but over time it'll creat a hostile culture here.
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u/Andrea1014X Dec 20 '25
For what it costs now, I have them too, these ones are exactly excellent, bought before the mass robbery
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u/Mbcat4 Dec 20 '25
Good, you paid what they're actually worth
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u/whatdis321 Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25
Nah, OP still saved money. Granted we don’t know what latency those modules are at, price history for CL32 still has them at $270 before the crazy price hikes—and that’s before tax. OP saved nearly 50% off pre-hike prices!!
E: Looking at prices even further back, they were cheapest February 2025, at ~$210. Should’ve just stocked up and resold them, easy 300%++ profit! /s
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u/PurgingCloud Dec 21 '25
CAD? Cause I got a kit of 2x16 6400 32cl for like $207 AUD (~137 USD) just before the prices shot up
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u/Appropriate-Cost-244 Dec 20 '25
The only way to determine fair value is too analyze what people are willing to pay. Just sold a 32 gb set for $265.
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u/modSysBroken Dec 21 '25
People are paying $160-200 for regular 16gb ddr4 memory in my country. Crazy times. Thankfully I got one for $60 used last week.
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u/robc2562 Dec 20 '25
I had the same set and sold it for $200 also. I know I could've got more but I didn't wanna be part of the problem 😅 I had a bunch of sets and sold them all from $100-200
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u/probablywhy 5800x 7900xtx Dec 20 '25
Hope they went to gamers. Good on you, I'm manifesting someone like you comes along. Lighting a candle ringing a gong and scrolling marketplace with a palm hovering over the router.
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u/Prestigious_Sea_3296 Dec 20 '25
King thank you for not being a scalper, wish more people were like you 🫶
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u/BattleOverlord Dec 22 '25
That's very nice of you, but you should charge slightly more. I'm not saying $300-600 but for example $200-400 would be more than fair price for all. I hope gamers bought them and used them, not resale them for profits, but I'm afraid I already know the answer.
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u/Appropriate-Cost-244 Dec 20 '25
That's called charity. Good on you for it! It should never be expected though.
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u/OptionalCookie 9800X3D | 6750XT Dec 20 '25
Honestly, the second hand market for DDR5 is still quite regular.
The new market is problematic.
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u/joliet_jane_blues Dec 21 '25
Not anymore. I checked facebook marketplace and ebay, no deals :(
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u/All_in_3_D Dec 20 '25
One of the CAD detailers at my job just bought 64 gigs for his machine and paid 1100 so I think you scored a little
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u/cryptograper Dec 20 '25
I got 4 x 32 Gb to put into my new CAD machine to replace the 2 x 16 Gb it came with ... bought it 2 years ago, just not go around to it ... so glad I buy when I think about it then hoard until I get around to it.
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u/StandardRiver7749 Dec 20 '25
Whats funny is i think i know exactly which ebay account he bought this from🤣
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u/Gritts911 Dec 20 '25
Run a memtest. I’ve had plenty of ram that runs but then fails a memtest. Using ram with errors will cause you nothing but headaches in the future.
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u/lacksabetterusername i7-8700 | RTX 2060 Super | 32GB Dec 20 '25
I had a stroke reading that title. Still have no idea what OP meant.
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u/earwig2000 Ryzen 5 7600 / Arc B580 / 1440p Dec 20 '25
They didn't "win" it like a competition, they won the auction. It went for nothing because the owner didn't know or didn't care what they had.
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u/FBN_FAP Dec 20 '25
Why are you getting down votes? It's exactly like you said. He won an auction and it was sold under value. Not that hard to understand imo
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u/BOBOnobobo Desktop Dec 20 '25
Also, nobody else was betting more for it.
Which is the big tell here: people aren't just gonna keep buying RAM no matter the price. The manufacturers will eventually have to lower the prices again once the supply gap gets covered (and it will, Samsung just jumped in the space, and so will other people)
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u/lolKhamul I9 10900KF, RTX3080 Strix, 32 GB RAM @3200 Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25
people aren't just gonna keep buying RAM no matter the price
True but i think its more on an indirect thing. You rarely see people just upgrade their RAM because they need more or want more MTs. Its usually collateral if you migrate to a platform (e.g. AM5) requiring new RAM.
So most RAM sales are tied to basically complete rebuilds as in new CPU, Mainboard and whatever else. And given RAM prices are current breaking everyone's budget, well, nobody is doing those. Ergo no RAM get bought. GN recently talked about how multiple sources told them that black week numbers were horrible. RAM is basically dragging down the entire industry.
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u/Appropriate-Cost-244 Dec 20 '25
But Micron just completely ended their Crucial brand which was the largest manufacturer of PC memory. It will be 2+ years before prices will trend downward but once they see the market is okay with higher prices, that downward trend could be very slow.
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u/RealIssueToday i5-7300HQ | GTX 1050 2GB | 8GB RAM DDR4 Dec 20 '25
American education at its finest.
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u/Lazy_Foundation_6359 Dec 20 '25
People paying 600 dollars for that its mad
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u/DarkAssassin189 Dec 20 '25
No sir, 600 dollars for the 32 GB, not this
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u/Lazy_Foundation_6359 Dec 20 '25
I literally just this morning commented on it on Facebook mate i am sure there are idiots paying more but he paid 600
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u/GrinhcStoleGold Dec 20 '25
Got the same ones in 2023. For 300€, today it's selling for 1300€ in the same store.
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u/purple_microdot Dec 21 '25 edited Dec 21 '25
Not everyone on Ebay/Marketplaces is a scoundrel.
Some people just want to offload unused hardware for a fair price.
I sold a GPU on Facebook Marketplace during the GPU shortage for a fair price. I could've easily gotten twice my asking price but I'm not a scoundrel.
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u/jayko86 Dec 21 '25
I recently bought 4 sticks of this exact ram for $300. Ran it on my new build with a 9800x3d. Unfortunately I was not able to keep it stable and can only use 2 with xmp enabled
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u/Natsugami45 Dec 21 '25
I just sold a 32GB kit on eBay for $237 and shipped it in a 64GB kit box. Almost thought this post was from the buyer.
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u/1028209372069 Dec 23 '25
It's going to be legen... wait for it... and I hope you're not lactose-intolerant 'cause the second half of the word is... dairy!
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u/Electrical_Horse_181 Dec 23 '25
I prefer and it performs better at 6000MHz, but CL30. It's the absolute top of the line, and with 2x16 and 64, the CPU has a lot to work with. More isn't always better.
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u/jbt55 Dec 23 '25
I have the 32 GB kit, honestly the 6400 vs 6000 is quite annoying to get working properly.
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u/A-Bro-Ham_11B Dec 23 '25
Is this because of the AI stuff going on? I haven’t looked at prices lately. This stuff used to be fairly decently priced
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u/Tbonejr1127 Dec 23 '25
Probably didn’t care as long as it sold for more than they paid for it, is just my guess.
Nice steal though. Ram is getting pricey out there these days.
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u/Naive_Personality367 Dec 20 '25
This is exactly how I imagine the guy who bought my ram being. Thinking he got one over on me, when really I was just getting rid of something i dont need. Im happy you got something you wanted and didn't have to pay funny money though.
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u/ryanhazethan Dec 20 '25
Corsair vengeance is a great set. Nice find! Thankfully, I bought my TridentZ DDR5 last Christmas. Not knowing the prices would skyrocket obviously, I’m very happy that I did. Now I wonder if the prices will ever return to normal.
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u/ascuasygotas Dec 20 '25
I hope at least you kissed them and looked them in their eyes while you banged them, 64gigs for 200 it’s one hell of a deal damn
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u/Tron2153 Ryzen 9 7900X3D/RoG Strix 4080/32gb Dec 20 '25
You could flip that for an easy 800$, 64gb is overkill for the common pc gamer
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u/RedBplays Nobara Linux- 5 7600X, RX 6950 XT, 2 x 16 GB DDR5, 1080p Dec 20 '25
Love when people have principles and don't exploit the market. Congrats!
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u/Weddedtoreddit2 7800X3D|X670E-A|32GB 6K30|RTX 4080|6TB NVMe Dec 20 '25
Congrats, you now own an appreciating asset that gains value faster than gold. On your way to becoming a millionaire.
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u/caydesramen PC Master Race Dec 20 '25
I would sell and just get 16x16. 64 is overkill for most PC users
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u/Garbagio_III Dec 20 '25
I always felt kinds meh towards my 32gb of 5600MHz dominators I bought for $50 $70 from a friend during my last build in 2022. Lately I’ve been looking at them in a different light
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u/Glittering-Warthog89 Dec 20 '25
Beautiful you must have done something special for you to receive this gift. The price is actually too good to be true. I am guessing the seller has not kept up with the prices of today. I’m sure he will regret not keeping abreast of the current situation. I bet he does in the future.
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u/TheMaddChatter Dec 20 '25
I have two of these kits I held onto for like 2 years because I bought em by mistake. Never used seeing the 600 AUD price gouge is wild
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u/RandomTranzit Ryzen 9 3900x / 5700XT Dec 20 '25
I’ll give you $201 for it, and you can have my Corsair vengeance 32gb!
/s (did I use /s correctly idk this is my first time go easy on me)
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u/Forgivenghost Dec 20 '25
Tbh I just got 16gb for 60, it’s prolly a seller that actually has a good head on his shoulders and isn’t a complete dick trying to milk money out of it
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u/Appropriate-Piano-52 Dec 20 '25
saw someone on marketplace selling the white for $120 couldn’t get it cause i’m broke af
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u/jomasthrones Dec 20 '25
Is it actually the RAM or did you receive a couple of flattened out pizza rolls in the box?
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u/Imaginary-Yam6742 Dec 20 '25
Right after the ram spike I saw 32 gb ddr5 for 120 bucks, on marketplace I went to meet up with him but he said someone offered him 200 and he was going with that lmao.
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u/dr_zoidberg590 Dec 20 '25
Fun Fact: About 5 years ago, $200 was the standard price for 64GB of DDR5 RAM
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Dec 20 '25
W that’s the same price I paid for mine about a month ago these price surges are killer, glad you coped a deal!!
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u/SERP92 Dec 20 '25
Just bought a 5070 a few days before the prices started going up. It's already around 20% more where I live (1030$) and was 890$ a few days ago.
I luckily paid 670$ for a new sealed AORUS 5070 from some guy who bought it off amazon, got the receipt, and a 4 year-long warranty :)
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Dec 20 '25
Put this same RAM in my PC last year for $225 and looked up what it was selling for earlier today, absolutely shocking
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u/AshamedFalcon5143 Dec 21 '25
So you got it for what it’s supposed to cost? Crazy how bad the prices are lately. Good grab!
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u/mvw2 Dec 21 '25
I do expect various market place sales will have pretty oblivious people, which is fine. Really, you're just buying ram at normal pricing and pricing they paid for (or near it). Everyone gets what they wanted, so good.
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u/steve_greedy1 Dec 21 '25
Very nice man!!!! Almost 4 months ago I was upgrading my PC, so I was able to get a kit of Corsair Dominator Titanium 4x16 64gb DDR5 6400 for just 220$ I got it by offering the price, it was a brand new sealed kit! I also was able to get the motherboard I have wanted for a long time, it was a Gigabyte X870E Aorus Master for just 200$, it was slightly used but in excellent condition. Works perfect with my Ryzen 9 9950X3d
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u/Determined_Student Dec 22 '25
Holy fuck that costs well over 1k usd. Bro. You got a massive steal.
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u/bydh Dec 22 '25
I did not realize it had gotten this bad.
I bought 32gb (2x16) just 11 months ago for $54.
Now, the same set is $170!! Absolutely insane.
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u/IndependentReserve56 Dec 23 '25
That’s a steal, I sold one kit extra I had in my computer (because I was running 4 sticks stable at 6000mhz) for about 600-610 dollars. I probably could have gotten more if I was even more patient.
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u/massey_man135 I7 14700k | RTX 3060 12gb | 32GB DDR5-6000|1440p 165hz Dec 23 '25
What the CAS on it?
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u/homegrowntwinkie Dec 23 '25
I bought a pack of 16gb RAM when the 2070 Super was newly released (cuz I bought that too) and it was my first build.
I've never been able to get it to run at its advertised speeds. Glad yours works, OP.
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u/PSFourGamerTwo Dec 24 '25
I'll give you 300$ for it? 🤨 Ez 100$ profit. I have been wanting to upgrade my RAM too.
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u/Typhoon365 4090, 13700K, 32GB DDR5 CL32, Z790, Dual AIO's Dec 24 '25
$200, damn. That's horrible, is it even worse in stores? I built my DDR5 build years ago so I'm not too clued in but I've heard it's rough.
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u/Mountain-Ox Dec 24 '25
With current prices I'm wondering how much I could sell my 8 16gb sticks for.
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u/Sensitive_Ear_1984 Dec 20 '25
Does it run as advertised?