If not mistaken ... the p4's and newer have a copper heat sink on top. It's plated with something silver colored on top.
One way you might start your sort. Pre-year 2000 were often large socket. Post year 2000 were generally small socket. The date of manufacture is often on the top of the processor somewhere.
For the sake of simplicity lets disregard the large sockets for the time being.
The small sockets come in four varieties:
1: Cap with pins
2: No cap with pins
3: No cap no pins
4: Capped with no pins
Check the capped with no pins (type 4) . These ones may have better than scrap value if they're core i 3, core i5, or core i7.
That will get you most of the way there.
Maybe post back in regard to the older large socket CPU's ?
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