Today in the series “I with this was true”
Reddit’s latest “RAM jackpot” post comes from PCMasterRace, where a user claims they bought 25 kg of Amazon return pallets at $4 per kg, or $100 total, and found 40 sticks of DDR5 memory inside. The thread includes photos of retail packaging and has drawn the usual mix of jokes, resale comments, and skepticism from other users.
Based on the close-up photo, the module appears to be Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 16GB, and the label matches Kingston part number KF556C40BB-16. That is a single 16GB UDIMM rated for 5600 MT/s at CL40 under Intel XMP 3.0.
If the part number is correct, the total capacity in the photo claim would be 40 × 16GB, or 640GB. Pricing varies sharply by region and seller right now, but a US Newegg listing shows third-party pricing around $280 per module.
Not the only case
This is not the only recent “RAM lottery” story making the rounds. Earleir this week there was a separate Reddit claim where a buyer ordered a single 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 kit and received a full box of 10 kits instead. Using current US retail pricing, Newegg lists that Corsair kit at $429.99, which would value the shipment at about $4,300 if the box contained ten identical kits.
It is worth keeping expectations in check. Such Reddit posts are not always telling us the truth. Oftentimes it’s people working at distribution centers showing boxes (which I believe happened at least two times before). So I guess it is easy to see why people want to believe it happened, I definitely want this to be true.
