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October 8th, 2020 15:00

Fake Crucial Ram?

So I bought 16gb ram few days from amazon and recently bought 32gb ram as well from amazon as I was thinking using 32gb ram is better for futureproof.  I am planning to put the ram into my xps 9550 laptop.

 

 

 

When I just opened both of those packages, well not the package but just the envelope so it still has the packaging

 

 

It shows on one end of the ram with these addresses

 

 

Both show Germany, Idaho and Singapore as 3 addresses on the front of the package.

 

 

 

Now on the back of it...

 

 

 

The 16gb with two 8gb sticks show Product of Malaysia



The 32gb with two 16gb sticks show Assembled in Mexico

 

 

 

Both have a ton of numbers on it etc.

 

 

 

The thing that confuses me is Assembled in Mexico? They have crucial ram made in Mexico? Is there any chance it is counterfeit? Note i received both packages in 2 separate packages as i got the 16gb earlier but didn't open the envelope for the package until now. So if the 32gb ram showed product of malaysia... i wouldn't think any of it.

 

 

Thoughts? Are there fake ram out there? I bought it off amazon.com and shipped from amazon and not a 3rd party.

 

 

Note, I did not open any of the two packages up... my plan was to just put in the 32gb ram and return the other one as I was only going to open one of the packages.

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October 8th, 2020 17:00

You'll have to ask the seller.  Micron (Crucial's parent) doesn't list Mexico as one of its locations, but it does Singapore and Germany.

Memory fabs are located all over the globe though and it's entirely possible Micron contracted the assembly to Infineon, which has a big presence in Mexico.

 

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