E GUYS I need some advice.

Accessory boards go in with motherboard pile. Most motherboards are integrated so there aren't many pci cards anymore. Hard drives are pulled before I get them. Some companies I contract with will pay me to disassemble and destroy the drives. I sheer the platters into 4 as part of my contract and get paid per hard drive. These platters just go with the aluminum pile after that.

Hard drive boards have good value. Last contract I had, 24 hdd = about 2 lbs of boards. So that was around $20. So, yeah, that would add some value to my quote.

So, $20 for hard drive boards, Each hard drive would yeild about 1 lb of aluminum and stainless so that would be (24 @ .50 = $12)



OK. so we have... hard drive value of $32 plus my original $200 and we will add a little for missing memory and/or processors.

$250 / 24 units = $10.40 / pc.

Yeah, I guess there's money to be make... not saying I would pay $7 each, but there is money there.

Originally Posted by dherik

I've never had a problem selling PCI boards for far more than motherboard prices.

Just saw a 2lb lot of pci boards close for $25.50. That's 12.50 a pound. For a handful of obsolete high end video cards that's about 3 bucks a piece. Throw 25 pci boards into your motherboard box you threw away between 50 and 75 dollars.

Also the older the computer, the higher chance of it having an accessory board.

Even sheared platters are worth more than aluminum scrap to the guys processing in their garage.

I would like to know where the pci cards sold for that. I have a gaylord full.

Motherboards can bring $4.50 but you have to have a good amount of weight. Anyone who is paying $4.50 for a small amount is nuts..just my thought.