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‎05-27-2016 07:01 AM

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Product: HP 2000 2b09WM
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit)

PC3, 12800, 1600-MHz DDR3L DIMM Memory module #652972-001 is priced at about $125 on the HP website, but I can get a RAM stick from a brand like Crucial 2GB DDR3L-1600 SODIMM for about $12 bucks, whats the difference.

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‎05-27-2016 10:00 AM

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Volume. HP sources them and sits on them. HP is in the selling laptops business and providing memory replacements is actually a drag on their core business. Crucial sells memory as its core business. At Crucial they fly out the door so Crucial can offer them much much cheaper. Just be sure you are comparing apples to apples. Speed, voltage, latency and density should all be the same or you risk incompatibility.

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‎05-27-2016 10:00 AM

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Volume. HP sources them and sits on them. HP is in the selling laptops business and providing memory replacements is actually a drag on their core business. Crucial sells memory as its core business. At Crucial they fly out the door so Crucial can offer them much much cheaper. Just be sure you are comparing apples to apples. Speed, voltage, latency and density should all be the same or you risk incompatibility.

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