[geeks] IBM IntelliStation 285

[Mark Benson]

On 13 Jan 2012, at 20:21, Nathan Raymond wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Sevan / Venture37
<venture37 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On 13/01/2012 10:33, Mark Benson wrote:
>>
>>> By the spirit of Tom Watson, it would appear I am the proud owner of an
>>> IBM
>>> IntelliStation 285. Unless the box is full of bricks...
>>>
>>> Total cost delivered, B#258.99
>>>
>>
>> I was impressed until I saw the price crucial wants for 8GB.
>>
>
> Prices do vary a lot.  For instance, the Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) kit
> KTM2865/4G sells for the following range of prices on Amazon.com through
> various resellers:
>
> 12 new from $38.00
> 2 used from $38.94
> 1 refurbished from $129.43
>
> Not much rhyme nor reason to that.

Although that's the wrong speed for the 9111-285 (the p5s use DDR2-533
Chipkill 276-pin)

I found a guy selling pairs of 1GB sticks on eBay with a guarantee. He's in
the US so
shipping might be a bit pricey, but compared to paying what people want for
them new
it's a good alternative!

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