Escrap Question

**parrothead** · 06-19-2012, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

Thanks for confirming what I was hoping for Crasher.

Funny thing is, this came out of an older PC. I figured it would have been in a newer one, but it wasnt.

George, these will ONLY come out of old PCs. They will be rare and hard to find. I have only 2 after a year of scrapping computers, but have one of those proverbial whales on a line with a barn and a garage full of them.

Just treat that like a savings account and set it aside until you have a bunch of them down the road.

**Mechanic688** · 06-19-2012, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by parrothead

George, these will ONLY come out of old PCs. They will be rare and hard to find. I have only 2 after a year of scrapping computers, but have one of those proverbial whales on a line with a barn and a garage full of them.
Just treat that like a savings account and set it aside until you have a bunch of them down the road.

You better check with Olddude and see what he uses for bait,,,lol

**GeorgeB** · 06-19-2012, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by mikeinreco

The stuff is worth what someone is willing to pay for it........I junk all my hard drives but I heard the bigger newer ones can bring some money but I think 40gb is pretty standard or even small........Just start you a box and fill it with drives, when it gets full strip the boards and sell them for 10/lb and sell the cases for dirty aluminum (or at least that's what I do) some people go even further than that

Yeah, I wasn't to surprised that the 40gb HD wasn't going for a lot. I mean, it goes for a decent amount, so if I do decide to go the ebay route, I would probably let the buyer pay for shipping...then again, who knows.

Might just strip them too. Like you said, get me a tote/box full and see lol.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

The 80 gigs is where I draw the line, anything smaller gets parted and 80g and bigger I try to sell.
Kinda hard to sell sometimes cause people are buying 500 and 1 tera's now to use so the "small" ones we have is a waste of their time.

Yeah, I personally have a 300gb external that I have all important files/documents on. I am soon going to be switching over to a 1TB+ though.

Originally Posted by parrothead

George, these will ONLY come out of old PCs. They will be rare and hard to find. I have only 2 after a year of scrapping computers, but have one of those proverbial whales on a line with a barn and a garage full of them.

Just treat that like a savings account and set it aside until you have a bunch of them down the road.

Really wish you did not just say that, but that is what I was expecting. What is the normal type of chips to come out of PCs?

And trust me, I will definitely treat it like a savings account for sure.

**Craasher** · 06-20-2012, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

Really wish you did not just say that, but that is what I was expecting. What is the normal type of chips to come out of PCs?

And trust me, I will definitely treat it like a savings account for sure.

George probably the most basic chip you will find is in the Pentium 4 / Celeron range which have metal caps on them. These are in the $8.65/lb range. You might also get slot processers which have plastic housings around them and look like a hershey bar. Take the plastic housing off and you will get $10.50/lb for them. The other ones I get less frequently are fiber caps which are usually green or brown fiber (looks and kinda feels like plastic) and these are around $18.00/lb.

Here is ewasted's price list only current from 6/1/2012
CPUs Must be SORTED
Intel 386/486: $130.00/lb
Motorola: $95.00/lb
Pentium Pro Gold Caps: $100/lb
Cyrix/IBM/Via Gold Cap: $56.00/lb
Pentium Ceramic: $40.00/lb
AMD Ceramic: $34.00/lb
Black fiber: $34.00/lb
Green/Brown Fiber w/o Metal: $18.00/lb
P4/Celeron/Green Fiber Metal Caps: $8.65/lb
No Pin CPU: $7.25/lb
Slot Processors (clean and removed from enclosure) $10.50/lb

THis will help you get an idea of the different kinds of chips out there and by looking at the list and your chip you can usually deduct which kind you have.

**BarrenRealms007** · 06-20-2012, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by parrothead

George, these will ONLY come out of old PCs. They will be rare and hard to find. I have only 2 after a year of scrapping computers, but have one of those proverbial whales on a line with a barn and a garage full of them.

Just treat that like a savings account and set it aside until you have a bunch of them down the road.

If your guy decides to turn loose of some of the material I would like a chance at it if that is possible.