From my understanding the Pentium pro has .30 grams of gold content. Maybe .35 grams of gold. Say it takes 3 pros to equal a gram of gold. Weigh 3 pros and see the weight or throw pros on the scale until you get a pound of material.
Now take some mixed proms and throw them on the scale until you get a pound. Now set down and do some measuring and you will see that the mixed proms have a greater value than the pros pound per pound. Those proms sell for $250.00 a pound on ebay.
People have to understand what a socket pulled chip is and a desoldered chip is. A socket pulled chip is one pulled from a ic socket without solder. It is a clean chip with the gold plating in place. A desoldered chip is one that you take a heat gun to desolder it or cut it from the board. When anything has been soldered to the board and you desolder it some of the gold stays behind and is lost.
Socket pulled no solder on the leads pins or legs whatever you want to call them will bring a premium if there is no solder on them.
Chips that are attached and desoldered from a board don't bring that much due to lose of gold and the tin solder.
The size of chip or item is a big factor in the price paid. The smaller a item is and the more it takes to make a pound the more precious metals to be recovered.
I hope people understand what I am saying.
When dealing in this type of business everyone involved needs to leave a little something on the table for the next person to make a little money. People cant lick all the cream out of the bowl and leave sour milk for the ones behind them.
I want to put up a buyers ad in the buyers forum but I would be a selective in what I would buy. I would rather meet sellers in person versus mail in sellers.
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