What Happens to Your RAM After You Sell It

By The Founder · Reviewed July 7, 2026 · About the author

Day 0: intake

Your box is opened on camera — unboxing photos are standard on every order (video above $500). Each module is counted against your quote and gets an intake photo of its label.

The SPD read

Every stick's SPD chip is read on the bench: actual capacity, speed, rank, and manufacture data straight from the module, which is how a mislabeled stick gets caught (the SPD always wins over the sticker — and over our own assumptions).

The MemTest batch

Server boards with 24 slots run MemTest86 batches; a full pass at rated speed is the bar for "used, working." Untested-quoted modules that pass get revised up to the working price — the pleasant kind of surprise.

Where it goes

Working modules move through wholesale channels — refurbishers rebuilding servers, integrators filling BOMs, homelab builders via retail listings. Liquid SKUs like 32GB DDR4-2666 and 64GB DDR4-3200 clear in days, which is exactly why we can pay what the Payout Index shows.

And the payment

Within 48 hours of the test pass: Zelle, PayPal, or check. Then your modules outlive us both in someone's rack. Start here.