Some Nice Ceramic CPU's Pictures

**eastky** · 09-09-2016, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by sledge

It isn't just the pins or the gold cap that contains gold. If ceramic chips are crushed.. there is gold INSIDE the chip.. a wafer if you will.
It isn't just what you can see from the outside.. sometimes it is also what is on the inside that matters!

This is what is inside a Pentium Pro:
http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger...ipart67085.jpg

That just goes to tell how ill informed you are. There isn't any gold inside the ceramic. Take the gold plated cap off and you will have gold under the silicon die that is soldered with gold solder to hold the chip in place. A Pentium pro has about 1/3rd of a gram of gold in it.

You cant compare a 386 or 486 cpu to the Pentium pro weight or size wise because the 386 and 486 had a higher gold content in the chips to begin with.

People may not believe it but in collecting gold plated things the lighter and smaller the item the higher the gold content.

**ScrappinRed** · 09-09-2016, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by eastky

That just goes to tell how ill informed you are.

sledge has 2437 in this forum, and you have 13... HALF of which are in this thread alone. Settle down and have a conversation, not an argument. You have no weight to throw around in this forum.

**ryanw** · 09-09-2016, 10:40 PM

What I see in picture #2 is $5,000-10,000+ in potential motherboard sales that were scrapped at $3/lb!

**sledge** · 09-10-2016, 05:28 AM

Originally Posted by eastky

That just goes to tell how ill informed you are. There isn't any gold inside the ceramic. Take the gold plated cap off and you will have gold under the silicon die that is soldered with gold solder to hold the chip in place. A Pentium pro has about 1/3rd of a gram of gold in it.

You cant compare a 386 or 486 cpu to the Pentium pro weight or size wise because the 386 and 486 had a higher gold content in the chips to begin with.

People may not believe it but in collecting gold plated things the lighter and smaller the item the higher the gold content.

I find you amusing! I show you proof of what is inside a chip, and yet I am "ill informed?"
Since you have never held one in your hand, by your own admission, and apparently know little to nothing about this subject. I find my time better spent elsewhere.
Providing facts to you is apparently a waste of time!

**eastky** · 09-10-2016, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by sledge

I find you amusing! I show you proof of what is inside a chip, and yet I am "ill informed?"
Since you have never held one in your hand, by your own admission, and apparently know little to nothing about this subject. I find my time better spent elsewhere.
Providing facts to you is apparently a waste of time!

Glad you find you find me amusing. I held a Pentium pro in my hand. Only 1 and put it on ebay.

Going to take Reds advice and not argue with you.