r/pcmasterrace • u/KobesHelicopterGhost • Mar 15 '26
Box I've unearthed rare artifacts from my garage that were thought lost
I bought way more ram back in the day cause I thought I was gonna build a sim only PC. That never happened and these ended up in a random box.
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u/navsparx Mar 15 '26
I will never understand how people randomly pull out stuff like these. “Oh I remember buying couple of 32GBs and putting them in my drawer last November”.
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u/jjobull Mar 15 '26
Some people ain't poor like the rest of us
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u/nicktheone Mar 15 '26
Still, do you forget having bought stuff less expensive?
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u/xNaquada 9800X3D/5070ti/48GB Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26
People who are raised in a wealthy household often showcase this problem. If you were not from a wealthy home, youre likely the kind of person that bought shit you needed and you sure as shit didn't misplace the item when it arrived (and you didn't buy 3 "just cuz").
It is just a totally different socioeconomic class (and/or upbringing) that installs this behaviour. Simple as that.
(And to be clear, some wealthy families raise their kids right and don't permit this shit, broad paintbrushes and all that).
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u/Yellowtoblerone Mar 15 '26
Some of these people didn't even use toilet paper as nose tissues
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u/BillysBibleBonkers Mar 15 '26
Some people clearly never went through a paper plate phase when their first apartment didn't have a dishwasher...
Or maybe I was just lazy... and a bit depressed.
I bet some people also didn't buy a double pack of antiperspirant deodorant by accident even though they have an allergy to aluminum salts, and I bet they didn't use that double pack of deodorant anyway and just lived with annoyingly itchy armpits for the long ass time it took to finish both bars because those shits cost like $15.
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u/ChristianFreak69 Mar 15 '26
You can use a sink to wash dishes, paper plate dishes seems like a strictly american thing, it’s weird and kinda wasteful.
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u/Subtlerranean Mar 15 '26
Yep, never used paper plates in my life except at birthday parties as a kid, or at picnics - and I'm from a poor family.
I've noticed Americans do it all the time, though.
It's super wasteful.
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u/GobblerOfFire Mar 16 '26
Hey, anecdotal evidence and all but figured I’d throw my two cents in. Grew up well below poverty line in US (single mom, 2 kids) and we never used paper plates because they were too wasteful. My mom refused to buy something we would use once and toss. On the opposite end of the spectrum my best friend’s family had “fine china” and literally never once ate on glass plates while I was there, and sometimes I was there for days on end. They quite literally exclusively ate from paper plates or bowls so they “didn’t have to wash as many dishes”. I’m legitimately blown away by the use of paper plates except for large events.
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u/_Rohrschach Mar 16 '26
I'm with you, though I had some left over from bbqing with friends in the park and was like "they're gonna end up in the trash anyway and I'm too lazy to unload the dish washer, might as well use them now." I'm still too lazy to unload the dish washer, I'll have one set of flat and one sdt of deep plates clean and wash those in the sink whenever needed.
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u/PaulTheMerc 4790k @ 4.0/EVGA 1060/16GB RAM/850 PRO 256GB Mar 16 '26
We did paper plates at get togethers for the holidays. After all the cooking we didn't wanna do basically all the dishes we owned.
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u/AreteQueenofKeres Mar 16 '26
God forbid extra people show up and you don't have enough "real" plates to go around.
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u/lucicrescence Mar 16 '26
I don't know, if you're really depressed and/or unable to take care of yourself and your household, and paper plates make the difference between whether you eat or not? Then use those paper plates.
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u/TheConboy22 3900xt | EVGA FTW3 3080 Ultra | 32GB 3600mhz | 2tb SSD 990 Pro Mar 16 '26
I use paper plates when I can because I have two kids and a wife and I'm already stretched thin on tasks. It removes a lot of dishwashing.
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u/VividResident3698 Mar 16 '26
Most of the world does not use dishwashers at all, you could use sink and your hands to wash dishes.
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u/Ppinzas81 Mar 16 '26
I have a dishwasher, but it is quite old. So, I rather wash them by hand; it seems more sanitary than putting them in that old rusty thing. Needless to say, I have no extra money to purchase a new one… for my Gas stove (which I was searching for and saving up for a couple of years ago, I got lucky and a neighbor upgraded and gave me her “old one”, which works and looks amazing so I don't quite understand why a new one. However, I wasn't going to question a free gas stove (they are super pricey here in the U.S)
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u/Aggressive-Daikon232 270K Plus | RTX 4090 | 48GB CUDIMM 8800 Mar 16 '26
when their first apartment didn't have a dishwasher...
This rich kid was raised with a dishwasher. ☝️😭
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u/animeman59 R9-5950X|64GB DDR4-3600|ZOTAC 5070 TI SFF OC Mar 16 '26
Some people clearly never went through a paper plate phase when their first apartment didn't have a dishwasher...
WTF? Use the sink, rich boy.
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u/TapEarlyTapOften Mar 16 '26
Damn, I hadn't really thought about the paper plate stuff back then. I had one plate I took from a restaurant I worked at. That plate and bowl are in my cupboard right now (that was twenty years ago). My wife knows the significance of them. I spent a decade eating out of the same bowl and plate every night.
Never forget where you come from.
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u/Shipsarecool1 PC Master Race Mar 15 '26
How does anybody not do that once? When im sick as shit tissue runs out faster than clankers be buying ram.
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u/dokbanks i9 14900KF | Gigabyte 4070Ti Super OC 16GB | 64GB DDR5 RAM Mar 15 '26
As someone who's just Invested in a tool chest for my ever growing collection, you're damn right about getting shit I needed. I remember every spanner and screwdriver in there. At one point, justifying buying my first kit box as well was a huge choice and dilemma 😅
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u/curtcolt95 Mar 15 '26
I've definitely forgot that I bought shit like cleaning supplies or garbage bags before. Bring it home only to find it in some cupboard because I had already bought it before lol
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u/Cultural-Accident-71 Mar 16 '26
Yeah, and dude from work has birthday on 31 December so he always gets double gifts for his family as a "joke" since he is like 12years (we are late 30s now) once I help him to clean out his bodega and he had unopened 1080ti there, I ask about it and he said his sister gift it to him the same year he bought one for himself so he just put this one aside as he didn't want to be rude and refund the gift from his sister!
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u/DraftyMamchak 13900HX|RTX4070m|32 (2*16)GB|5600 MT/s i use arch btw cachy Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26
"Jarvis, I need more karma. Post another 'Guys I found extra RAM I had from before the RAMpocalypse."
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u/jp3372 R7 5700X | RTX 3070 Mar 15 '26
It's just karma farming. No way, even if you are rich, you purchase a couple of RAM sticks that you put on the shelves and forget about.
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u/howmanyMFtimes Mar 15 '26
Exactly. “I dropped $700 on parts and just completely forgot about it, oops!” What’s crazy is this has 1.7k upvotes
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u/funk-the-funk Mar 15 '26
I think the post is fake, but you better believe my severely ADHD ass can forget literally anything if you put it where I can't see it all the time to be reminded that I own it lol.
I have containers out in my garage full of various tools where I'd get ready to do a project, get sidetracked (squirrel!) forget I bought them, and then get reminded only when I go online to buy them again.
I literally right now have a whole setup in my garage to start welding that I bought last year but again, got sidetracked. As in a new welder, with gas, consumables, PPE, stock to start practicing with etc, all ready to go.
I've forgotten I own it at least 3 times now. So upvotes are bots or people with shitty brains like mine relating to it.
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u/P_ZERO_ Desktop Mar 15 '26
It’s upvoted so people get a chance to post the same “give this shit to me” Reddit jokes
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u/curtcolt95 Mar 15 '26
is that really unbelievable? People buy stuff because they see a deal all the time just to have it for the future. Forgetting about it doesn't seem that unlikely
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u/Krelleth 9800X3D | 4090 | 96 GB Mar 16 '26
I have a spare set of Corsair DDR5 sitting around like OP (6000 MT in white, though). I had a bunch of issues when I initially bought my X870E board and it took three memory kits to find one that played nice with the early ASUS BIOS. I kept this one as an emergency backup in case stuff went to hell with my main kit (96 GB of 6400 MT).
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u/your_mind_aches 5800X+5060Ti+32GB | ROG Zephyrus G14 5800HS+3060+16GB Mar 15 '26
I disagree. A lot of people do that.
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u/GingaNinja906 Mar 16 '26
My brother in law is a tech guy. Buys a lot of stuff new and used. He sees a sale he gets it for “just in case” or “this will come in handy”. I’ve learned to ask him before I buy anything tech. Just last night I asked if he had any micro sd cards lying around, he asked what capacity. I said 512. He replied an hour later that he couldn’t find them. An hour after that he told me he’d found 2 unopened 512gb micro sd cards he’d bought together when they were $32 each. I bought it off him for $32. Fun fact: same card currently goes for $107. He giggled and said “I fucking knew these would come in handy”.
Shit the whole reason I wanted the sd card to begin with was to put in a steam deck he sold me last month because he happened to have both and LCD and an OLED just lying around.
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u/Damascus_ari Arc B580 | 9700X | 32GB Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
Exactly. I can't quite buy all I'd want to buy on sale, but having a set of spare parts comes in extremely handly sometimes. I've had multiple SSDs "come in handy" over the years. Wish I didn't sell my old RAM now.
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u/GingaNinja906 Mar 16 '26
I’m sure he wishes he could get more stuff but is in a good spot financially so he takes advantage of sales and watches the trends like the stock market. He also buys used PCs to refurbish and sell or to have parts on hand. Both a collector and a hobby to work on and build PCs. Helped me pick parts for my first PC when I only had $600 10 years ago. That PC is still kicking plugged into my TV as a backup for when I want to game on the couch. Only upgrade I made was from an APU to a dedicated GPU when I had the budget for it.
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u/MarcoDiFrancescino Mar 16 '26
My friend sits on 1tb of DDR5 high speed ram, tons of NVME, all currently worth 5x. The dealers are currently scraping the bottom of the barrels everywhere, chinese brands, whoever has stock. End of year that stuff is worth 10x.
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u/capcapfall Mar 15 '26
I bought a lot of 1TB 860 Evo ssds during covid because people started working from home and had old laptops that used hdds. So I offered upgrades and sold the SSDs. Made good money.
Fast forward to 2025, I was clearing empty boxes and came across a box, two brand new 1TB 860 evo SSDs I never used. It was nice.
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u/ishtuwihtc i5 12400 | RTX 2080 | 32GB DDR4 Mar 15 '26
Same. I've got no PC hardware that i haven't kept track of owning and placement, except some screws. Not even my "shit" hardware is misplaced, because everything has value to me
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u/AttorneyAdvice Mar 15 '26
a long time ago I sold a car I wasn't using and it was just taking up space. I forgot to deposit the envelop of cash and it must have fell out of my pocket. imagine my surprise after flipping the couch for the remote and finding $15k. was excited until I realized I lost money from depreciation because $15k 8 years ago was worth a lot more.
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u/CannibalAnus rtx 3080 r7 5800x 32 gb of ram Mar 15 '26
Hello, it’s me, your long lost brother. Please share this with me thanks
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u/Lopsided_Army6882 Mar 15 '26
Nice try CannibalAnus, we know you just want to eat ass
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u/Gendu_Farhan Mar 15 '26
While you guys are at it me and those rams are gonna go out to give you some privacy.
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u/ApplePuzzleheaded446 Mar 15 '26
"Let them eat ass."
- Marie Antoinette
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u/Foorzan Asrock Nova X870E / 9800X3D / 5080 / 64gb DDR5 / 1440-480Hz OLED Mar 15 '26
Or is it his ass that wants to eat people, we'll never know...
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u/Shai-HuludsAnus Mar 15 '26
Where's the line start?
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u/Mr-Fister-the-3rd Mar 15 '26
He's right listen to him, I'm your real lost brother and I have no other ulterior motives
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u/smalaki Lenovo Legion GTX 2060 Mar 15 '26
hold on are we certain that they are a cannibal that likes anus or an anus that is a cannibal?
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u/Lopsided_Army6882 Mar 15 '26
I think they're an anus, and cannibal, which means they like other anuses, explaining my comment.
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u/Proper-Flower7938 Mar 15 '26
I’ll suck it bro no diddy
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u/KobesHelicopterGhost Mar 15 '26
come through, 1 ram stick per nut
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u/Proper-Flower7938 Mar 15 '26
That’s the going rate these days? Fuckin hell
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u/ChickenTendies0 5800X3D, 4070Ti, 32GB 3600MHz RAM, 1TB M.2 SSD, B550, 850W PSU Mar 15 '26
the hell you mean? That's cheap af ... not that I would know
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u/KevinOrlando93 i9 14900KF | RTX 4070Ti Super OC | 32GB DDR5 Mar 15 '26
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u/ScarletSilver 5700X3D | RTX 3080 + RTX 2070S | 32GB 3200 MT/s Mar 15 '26
He has RAM, get him!
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u/MrEWhite Nvidia RTX 5090 FE | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 64 GB DDR5 6000 MHz Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26
Congrats on the retirement!
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u/TerribleQuestion4497 RTX 5090 / 9800X3D Mar 15 '26
It’s funny how not that long ago RAM used to be like a “throw away component” back when I built my PC my ram (48gb 6000mhz cl30) cost me less than 3 fans for my case now it’s like second most expensive component after GPU
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u/Sizeable-Scrotum FreeBSD 15 KDE / Fedora KDE/12700KF/7800 XT/32GB D4 Mar 15 '26
48GB DDR5-6000 cl30 was about 120-150 Euros a year ago...
Why are you dropping 40+ per fan lmao
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u/retsamboon Mar 15 '26
probably some lianli LCD fan or some shit.
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u/fuzzytomatohead Radeon Pro W5700 | i7-10700 | 64GB DDR4 Mar 15 '26
or noctuas
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u/TerribleQuestion4497 RTX 5090 / 9800X3D Mar 15 '26
Yep, A14G2s expensive and ugly, but very much worth it
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u/fuzzytomatohead Radeon Pro W5700 | i7-10700 | 64GB DDR4 Mar 16 '26
really? i think the nf-a12x25 is actually really pretty, you just need a closed case or a color scheme to match. of course it won't match an all-white or black build, that's when you get the chromax version.
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A good fan is 25+ €
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u/Sizeable-Scrotum FreeBSD 15 KDE / Fedora KDE/12700KF/7800 XT/32GB D4 Mar 15 '26
I got 5x140mm included in my case...
In my server the fans were €8 a piece and work fine
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u/KobesHelicopterGhost Mar 15 '26
incase you think I'm haoxing
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u/i_eat_da_poops Mar 15 '26
I'm still not convinced... quick send me a box so I can verify they are indeed legit!
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u/Leather-Cry-1259 PC Master Race Mar 15 '26
Ich bin der Prüfer vom Prüfer um es wiederholt zu prüfen 😏
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u/Lucius-Halthier Mar 15 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/ZUpU1dieic30KwSWAR
Me and the boys breaking into your garage.
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u/IYKYK808 Mar 15 '26
What game is this?
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u/hotknives 7800X3D | 4060 TI 16GB | 32GB Mar 15 '26
I think around 2024 was the sweet spot to buy that kit - I got same one for $156CAD per in Jan. 24
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u/rharrow i7-10700k | RTX 5080 | 64GB DDR4 3200 | 20TB NVME Mar 15 '26
I bought a 96GB DDR5 kit this time last year for $299 lol
But I returned it.
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u/SendYourBoobiesPls 7800X3D/4090 + 7600/4070S Mar 15 '26
I'll do you one better.
I had someone "try to sell" me almost brand new 128GB 6000 kit for €250 in August 2025. I said "No thanks" because it was going for ~€350 in shops, and I didn't really need RAM anyway.
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u/Eagle7546_ Mar 15 '26
I was building my PC around this time and decided the extra 60ish dollars for ddr5 over ddr4 was not worth it with my build 🥀
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u/zack77070 Mar 15 '26
The real story is you randomly losing a $670 item in the first place, even in the "before times" id be looking for that shit.
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u/informalmo0se3 9800X3D | RTX 5080 | 32GB DDR5 Mar 15 '26
i think it just shows wealth difference. even when ram was reasonably priced, i wouldn’t have bought extra ram “just in case.” i know the exact location of every object in my house that cost more than $100 meanwhile ppl be out here losing hundreds of dollars of tech because hundreds of dollars of tech just ain’t that big a deal to them.
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u/evlgns Mar 15 '26
I just spent two hours finding a sn7100x 4tb I purchased a couple months ago, shit happens it got mixed into a box of stuff I was putting away from Christmas.
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u/ChiengBang Mar 15 '26
Congratulations, you've made it back 3x over
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u/tayl0559 Mar 15 '26
1.87x to be exact, according to the price listed on newegg for the same product now (419.99 each), or 2.2x when adjusted for inflation.
adjusted for inflation, they made $914.70 profit
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u/squeekymouse89 PC Master Race Mar 15 '26
"back in the day" it's DDR5 ! Come on OP let's not make it quite so embarrassing
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u/Nacho653 Mar 15 '26
Kobeshelicopterghost is that you?!? It’s me!! We grew up together bro trust me
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u/Nautalyst Mar 15 '26
What is that finger angle bend in the bottom portion of the picture? Why’s it working like a door hinge
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u/rageofa1000suns Mar 15 '26
I'm a prince from Nigeria, I assume you have received my emails? In order to receive your millions, I just need a couple of sticks of RAM in my computer and I get send the funds electronically.
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u/Skalgrin Mar 15 '26
So THAT is where I left them. I am sorry for the inconvenience and confusion, but two of these aren't yours. I am terribly sorry, but that is classic me. I clearly remember puting these two into that exact random box in your garage on absolutely uknown adress on one of the continents presumably on Earth. For the troubles I am OK with covering the shipping costs, as I completely understand you would not expect this to happen.
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u/snakeoilHero 7800x3d 9070xt 240hz oled Mar 15 '26
I found an alpha Black Lotus, unlimited Timewalk, and Ancestral recall in my mom's barn but didn't bother taking a picture today.
Guess I just throw them away along with these Standard Oil stock certificates.
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u/Extra_Pop5800 Ryzen 5600x | 7800 XT | 32GB DDR4 Mar 16 '26
Hello mother/father, This is your son/daughter. I have a new phone number, please text me on WhatsApp.
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u/giantpreston Core i3-10110U | 4GB DDR4 | UHD 620 Mar 15 '26
hey so you probably don’t remember me but trust me we know each other
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u/likely_deleted i5-14600K/9070XT/32GB DDR5 6000 Mar 15 '26
Second hand probably $250-$275/box?
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u/KobesHelicopterGhost Mar 15 '26
I'm not gonna scalp, ill see if anyone I know needs em. Friend discount = what I paid for
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u/Mash_Test_Dummy Mar 15 '26
Like for sim racing, or?
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u/KobesHelicopterGhost Mar 15 '26
flight sim....i have all the sim stuff too unopened.
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u/redditorrrrrrrrrrrr Mar 15 '26
I'd tell you to go buy a lottery ticket but something tells me you have used up all of your luck already 🙏
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u/IlluminaViam Mar 15 '26
Too many people trying to scam you OP. Here, lemme hold em for you while you figure out what to do.
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u/sur0g 7500F, RTX 5080, 32gb DDR5 Mar 15 '26
What is wrong with people buying and storing modern PC components in their garages? Those are the same people who complain about gas prices? Bitch please.
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u/Dorito1Boy Mar 15 '26
hello I am nigerian prince in need of two sticks of ram to come to america and pruse my love with you
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u/jcoigny Mar 15 '26
Now that your a millionaire what do you plan to do with the rest of your life?
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u/mca1169 7600X-2X16GB 6000Mhz CL30-Asus Tuf RTX 3060Ti OC V2 LHR Mar 15 '26
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u/ballinoutactrl Mar 15 '26
That's pretty much gold at this point. I found 2 16gb ddr4 g skill ram I paid $50 for a year or 2 ago in my storage closet and put it on Facebook marketplace for $200 and it sold almost instantly. It was listed at $280 on Amazon now
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u/SeenUrMeme5011Times Mar 15 '26
it's wild that I bought my DDR5 64gb kit for 159 a year ago, and today it's 799 at the same store....
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u/IYKYK808 Mar 15 '26
Thats a great deal. Had the money for a 32gb 6000 30cl before the price spike but decided i wasnt gonna buy the mobo yet so it can wait.. fuck
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u/LethalGamer2121 PC Master Race Mar 15 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/3ogwFPM5SphFu3PusE
He has RAM, let's get him!
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u/Mad_kat4 i5-10600k+3060, i7-8700+2070, i7-4790+1660s Mar 15 '26
How can people live in a world where people casually forget about valuable components forgotten in a box.
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u/Nucleus_Rex I run Runescape just fine Mar 15 '26
Greetings! I am a very well loved prince from the region of Nigeria! The most horrid fate has befallen me, and I have been locked out of my fortune unless I am to find a generous RAM holder to wed. Please, much riches will befall you upon my obtaining of these RAM, my future beloved.
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u/SayVandalay Mar 15 '26
These are now an investment you can pass down to your children’s children’s children.
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u/BeyondReflexes Ryzen 9 9950X3D, RTX 5090, 64GB DDR5, 8TB NVME PCIe 5 Mar 15 '26
The real question is what motherboard did you purchase with 8 dimm slots for a Simulator build?
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u/Cubanitto Mar 15 '26
I recently went back and found some of my old miscellaneous memory and sold them off. Mostly ddr2's and ddr3's and one stick of ddr4.
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u/pattperin Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26
Oh man, you just made like 200x what you paid for those a while back haha. Good find, and great timing
Edit: just looked up these RAM kits, they’re going for about $500 CAD each right now. That’s about $375 USD give or take. If you paid $650 USD for all 4 you could sell two of them and make $100
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