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Hey guys first post on here... i run a small scrap yard down in south Carolina went up to a meeting about escrap around a year ago so i started collecting CPUs so far I've gathered a 40 yard container full of nothing but whole CPUs... do i have anything there???
You run a scrap yard and have a 40ft container full of computers and ask what you have? A 40ft container of computers until you can figure a way to turn it into money........Want to ship them down to me for $4 each?
So what do you want to do with them? Sell whole as ScrapYaHerd asked or break them down? Take the time to read the old threads on breaking them down or look for a buyer here on the forum. Also welcome to the forum, Mike.
New to the electronics game..trying to shop around see if it is worth my time and if it could be profitable to my business
Hey i bought 30 pcs at 2$ each and 3 servers came out at 68$ on the tin and 250$ plus on everything else but i would suggest a sthl. Batter powered screw gun it took me 11 am-6 pm by hand. U should avg 5$ mayve close to 7 per unit
you really should read some the threads about breaking down computers
I still average $12. - $14 each off of them, heck for quantities I pay up to $5. ea.Quote:
Originally Posted by nebrs13
I saw what a 40yrd container ofbharness wire looked like the other day it was amazing
Okay, ONE MORE TIME. A computer is NOT a CPU. The CPU is a little chip inside of the entire computer. It is a CPU Central Processing unit.
I hope this helps as your first lesson, but please look through everything else here and you will learn tons.
But the most important is that a tower is NOT a CPU.
/rant off.
Welcome aboard. Grab some great knowledge here.
Parrothead is right. The monitor is the "computer", and the tower is the "hard drive". :D
Yeah but what if he did have a 40 yard bin of JUST cpu's?
http://files.smokingmeatforums.com/s...hers/drool.gif
Oh ym god idaho, I would have a heart attack and drop dead. Or be looking for Satan hiding in the corner waiting for me to sign the contract....lmao!. I wanted to be rich I tell you, but come on now LMAO!!!
that would be insane, but I reckon someone's stocking up on 'em and when gold goes to $10k oz they will surface.
don't think anyone does but when it does... he who holds the most cpu's.. wins!
Im in the costal area... leaning toward breaking them down to be more profitable seems to be money in this commodity just trying to find some reliable sources
Welcome to the forum. Yes, they are worth more breaking them down, just like any other multi-metal object. We encourage active participation in the learning process.
Start here. http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/elect...ification.html
What "reliable sources" are you looking for? If you want to know if it is worth breaking them down and shipping the boards, etc, to a buyer it depends on what your time is worth. I mostly break down computers and electric motors. I do it part time for a hobby that pays and is interesting and provides me with some needed exercise. I understand you have a scrap yard so you might best collect the material and sell whole units to others like me and others here on the forum. I am assuming you aquired the hord of computers paying shred price so selling them at $3-$5 per computer would be a money maker and not take up much labor on your part.Quote:
Originally Posted by junkyardjack
If you have employees with more time than work you may want to get into the breaking down of the computers. So without more information than you would most likely want to share its difficult to give any real advice. Of course there is the old standby, read the old threads on this forum. Start with the sticky threads, read the electronics forum also the buyers/sellers forum. You will notice the many reviews that our member/buyers receive from those who have sold to them. I hope I have been helpful, Mike.
pm me. im in nc. yiu can call me and i can give you some insight. will be down to sc next week,maybe i can swing by.
Is that 40 cubic yards? If you can do the maths, you will probably find that 40 cubes of CPUsQuote:
Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper
would be a big BIG number of units.
The average CPU is 1.5" square x 1/4" thick or .56 cubic inches. Divide that into 40 CuYds and
see what you come up with.
Cheers
.56 cubic inch's = 0.000011360 cubic yards * 3,521,000 processors you get 39.99856 cubic yards
So well just say for fun that they were all Pentium pros
Im sure the buyer would give us a better price with such quantity, it would equal 105,630,000 @ $30 per cpu
Now if gold shot up to 10k an ounce that would be a 10 fold increase.
So 105,630,000 * 10 = 1,056,300,000 just over a billion dollars.