there is a standalone Ram tester called Ramcheck....just trust me, it is NOT cheap. You can find them used for between $500-1500. The best part is that you can do a full test on a ram stick in like 60 seconds and not have to install it, go through the boot process on a computer and them run a software ram tester. It is a base machine and then adapters to test the different ram. A full new one that will test DDR, DDR2, DDR3 and DDR4 along with SODIMMS (laptop memory) would run you $4-5K from the company! ::YIKES::
Now as long as you have a good supply of RAM to test, it can pay for itself...it is just an investment. I am looking to get a used machine and start from there.
Harddrives...the thread gives you some good starting points....just BUY good software that will erase the drives properly...I will shortly be using Kill Disk (How to erase hard drive by Active@ KillDisk? Low Level Disk Format)... you can load onto a thumbdrive and have at it.
CPU's....yeah this one is fun...I would suggest an open testbench case to easily change out the CPU;s you are testing....I have not found a way to test otherwise....you just will need basically a basic computer for EACH socket type you want to test. Basically, about 4 or so for Intel (any older and not worth the time) (I would go for P4 and newer along with Xenons if you get those) and then another set if you want to bother with AMD's.
Hopefully some others will chime in with any other methods they have found.
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