Recommendation for a RAM tester?

I'm planning to start testing RAM, Hard Drives and CPUs for sale as "tested & working". In researching RAM testing machines, I keep coming back to considering setting up a motherboard with the MEMTEST PRO. One of the arguments against this was the connectors wear out with use. That's not really a problem as I'd just set up another motherboard (I manage to get a few). The other argument is that running the test takes hours vs minutes with a testing machine (MEMTEST is on a CD, runs on the computer and is like $45. RAMCHECK is a stand alone machine and costs $3700). For me, the MEMTEST seems sufficient. I'd be testing at most, maybe, dozens of sticks/wk. If I really needed to - set up another motherboard or two. WAY cheaper than $3700. Anybody use either/both? Am I missing something?

Save your money and just use a motherboard. I dont even run memtest anymore before selling ram. I just plug it in and let it boot to bios. I do get a couple returns once in a while but not very often. I have 4 machines I use for testing. PC133 ddr ddr2 and ddr3 plus 3 laptops for the ddr ddr2 and ddr3. Ive run over 5000 sticks threw my ddr2 machine and havnt worn out the ram slots yet. If you get a board with 4 ram slots and test them one at a time you have to go threw all 4 slots before you ruin the board.

Don't you need a different m'board for the different ram styles?? M'boards are not universal.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Don't you need a different m'board for the different ram styles?? M'boards are not universal.

Yeah thats why I said I had 4 machines. 1 for pc100 ram, 1 for ddr, 1 for ddr2, 1 for ddr3. Then 3 laptops for each type of ddr ram too.