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$20,000 in 32GB RAM sticks saved from the dumpster are now worth a fortune — seventy-two DDR4-2666 ECC RDIMMs were about to turn into e-waste

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An employee rescued 72 DDR4-2666 ECC RDIMMs from being discarded after their company upgraded servers in 2024, valued at over $20,000 now. These RAM sticks were about to become e-waste before being saved. The Reddit poster's father salvaged the components, which are not supported by consumer-grade hardware but require server and HEDT motherboards and specific CPUs. Despite not being usable for personal upgrades, the RAM sticks could fetch a significant sum on the used market due to their high value.

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