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Precisely, you get it.

This RAM was _insanely_ cheap :-)

Sure, it's cheaper than buying new RAM, but it's also

* 5+ years old

* has a peak transfer rate that's only 40% of contemporary PC3-12800

And the whole point of the article is cheapness.

As in, some people buy old clunker cars and fix them up as a hobby and also sometimes for cheapness.

Sure, they pollute more, get less MPG, etc. etc.

But they can be dirt cheap, and fun to restore if you like that kind of thing.