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HP Server memory: OEM or generic?
LockedOK, here’s the deal, guys.
I need to upgrade a client’s HP server (a Netserver E60). The machine uses 256 MB DIMMS. The memory type is 100 Mhz, SDRAM, ECC, and 3.3V.
I need four of these DIMMS, for a total of 1GB of memory. The official HP part for this memory module costs $943 at HP’s site. That’s almost $4000 for memory, which I feel is obscene.
I can find memory modules of the exact same type and configuration from Kingston, or Viking, or similar vendors, for around $100 each. They even reference the specific HP part number I want, implying compatibility.
Here’s the rub. The HP documenation explicitly says USE ONLY HP MEMORY. I’d like to think I know better, but I haven’t worked extensively with HP hardware and thought I remember people telling me about problems with HP systems when they didn’t buy components from HP.
If I was dealing with say, a Dell, I’d just go generic, but this HP makes me nervous.
If the price of HP memory was double, I’d play it safe and go with HP. But 10 times more for the same memory? I’d feel like a chump paying that price, but am I asking for trouble if I go with a memory vendor instead of HP?
Anybody have any experience with this? Thanks.
