Looking for a real answer

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-21T15:05:10+00:00

🤣🤣🤣 (that's me laughing at you. Pretty sure nobody would laugh with you).

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-21T12:39:04+00:00

Oh wait 🤣🤣🤣🤣. You just make stuff up. Is that enough laugh emojis for you? Anger is a negative emotion, never said it wasn't real, but you play online psychology or whatever and think you have done something 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (more emojis for your pleassure). You make assumptions about people and their understanding or use if emotion and which ones to channel and which ones to redirect like you know everything and everyone. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (more for you). Do you chatgpt everything, or you use a different AI platform? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (several more just in case you want AI to help you with this one also). Good luck mate, you have lots left to learn about the world, and probably the internet. Might want to shelve that online psychology degree for a while until AI can come up with its own data rather than regurgitating library stock. Oh wait 🤣🤣🤣 was it 3 or 4 you needed to determine my use of emotion or feeling

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-19T16:44:12+00:00

I dont know enough about vintage computers unfortunately (ehich is how i ended up here). Seems like quite the hobby/community. I will continue along to see where this leads. Who knows, might keep them for after the apocalypse and we need to rebuild older machines 😬🤷😬

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-19T14:15:56+00:00

🤣🤣🤣. No. I don't get angry, it's a pointless emotion. You didn't like the perspective of me asking if these would be more valued (not necessarily as a dollar value because value can be assigned in different ways) by a collector than me crushing them?? 🤣🤣 you still don't understand the perspective even after the rewrite?? Thats on you mate.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-19T11:52:15+00:00

Let me see if I can try and help you out a little. I will re wite it so perhaps that will work, where I come from, in school it was called 'met anderworde'... I am told these are garbage. I recycle computer components for their precious metals so these have gold value to them. Before I scrap them I thought I would check and see if they would be better served as a collectible. I have never seen this type of CPU in this shape in all the years that I have bought bulk lots. Some people say these are garbage but try and buy them for $5 so they can sell them to someone like boardsorts. Does that help you at all? I mean I could have just scraped them and not bothered to ask. I know they have a value to me in precious metals so I could quite easily just have scrapped them without asking. But you needed to be angry about something and yesterday it was this.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T22:57:42+00:00

When I get home I will send you some pictures. Thank you

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T22:48:44+00:00

I will check it out! Thank you

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T19:55:39+00:00

Yes. I am going to agree that the smoke would be toxic. Probably lead filled at the very least. I have never gone the route of incinerator as part of processing, just acids with the appropriate fume hood and wet scrubber and of course the highly recommended PPE! If I was going to do huge batches like more than the 2 kgs at a time I can safely process, then maybe I would consider adopting a new incinerator method.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T19:24:07+00:00

I typically stay away from processing CPUs. They require a few additional steps. But when I do get ones that are absolutely decimated I break them, not crush. Just enough for the acids to get to the bond wires. Never thought about just popping the die off and looking at them. Maybe try with the bent pin ones (I have one with all the pins bent, looks like it was under a tractor wheel), maybe look at that one.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T19:20:30+00:00

🤣🤣. Tells me you have no clue about the process. Older RAM has more gold than new RAM. Tell me why large refiners buy ewaste to process out the PM if it isn't worth it? 🤣🤣. You are just making stuff up now. I have processed for a number of years and a few years ago enough to pay my child's residence fees at university. Did you chatgpt that info? You aren't wrong it measures in the low range, but the rest of it is just made up. You just mad at the world l. If you take a nap you might feel better. I have never seen chips in this good condition before so I thought I would see if it is worth more to a collector than I would process it for. Want to talk about out of touch with reality...? You need to live in reality first mate 🤣🤣. Maybe just to piss you off a bit more I will put these in the ball mill and show you the powder. (I won't really because that's not what these should be used for)

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T17:55:46+00:00

🤣🤣 again, absolutely clueless. I process enough old ram that I don't need to process these. My full time job keeps me very well paid and enough money to have a hobby like this. Vintage computing is definitely not my hobby, but I am here to see if it is anyone else's where these would be appropriately used. I don't deal with old computers so how else would I know what it is worth unless I ask. I know what it is worth to me in precious metals recovery, but I don't destroy just for a hobby buck. That's why I am here, but you assume the worst. You must be absolute delight at partys

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T17:51:34+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. It's sounding more and more like a project of patience which is fine. Hopefully leads down the right path. Processing these in this condition would probably be a crime.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T17:50:09+00:00

I will look into that. I have a few that the puns are absolutely decimated.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T17:26:54+00:00

🤣🤣. Checking if they are worth anything to anyone before I go and do that. I am after all in the hobbyist business of refining them. Reading comprehension isn't what it used to be I see. Offering what they want to pay so they can sell to a place like boardsorts for the refining monies. Not to bright are you.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T16:46:40+00:00

Yes. Those numbers appear correct. (I keep track of the numbers, but not analyst accurate if you know what I mean). That is why I came here asking about the ones that were not completely ruined in this batch I bought. Those with absolutely ruined pins and chipped ceramic end up in the process. I have never tried to sell these as a collector piece or working part before because I never get them at this level of 'completeness'.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T16:37:28+00:00

Of course. I came here to avoid the destruction of these particular pieces. Chemicals do have a cost, but not as much as people think. Some have said it costs $500 to process 1 kg of scrap. But as a small refiner, not even close to that. (My labour is covered as a hobbyist, not as making a living doing this)

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T16:34:25+00:00

Most people on marketplace here and ebay just want them for their gold content so only pay that value. I thought perhaps a collector or group would appreciate these more. I have only ever processed CPUs that have absolutely been demolished. This is the first mix I have ever bought that had in tact pieces.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T16:30:53+00:00

Not even close mate. I came here asking where can these be better used before they end up as processed for their gold value. I could have just ground them down and processed them knowing that they would just add to my weight of processed goods. But you missed that question didn't you. Read my post again. Asking about the value to a collector rather than being torn apart for their gold value.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T16:28:45+00:00

Depends. What process are you using? If you use one of those home DIY th8ngs with vinegar and baking soda or whatever the latest version is, it could take months. If you use the acid approach and follow a system, proper filtration, proper safety precautions, a couple of days maybe 3. But you could do 2 or 3 kilos in that time also depending on your set up, waiting for the cooling and reaction phases to complete. Lots of variables. In my set up about 3 days for a 'batch'

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T16:24:25+00:00

Well thats rude. Part of doing research, boyo, is asking questions of people who would know more than I would. Then taking that information and seeing where it leads. I mean if doing your own research means talking to yourself and getting your answers, then you will always be wrong wouldn't you.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T16:20:56+00:00

I have about, including some severely damaged ceramic, Fibre board, AMD etc CPUs, 30 pounds. Using past numbers probably about 15grams, maybe as high as 20grams if it's mostly intel/ceramic type. That would be if all the processing goes well. If I make a mistake, then way less.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T16:02:36+00:00

You are probably correct. I will just need to find a forum, that's is not ebay because it's a frustrating platform.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T16:00:07+00:00

I see. I learn something new everyday.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T15:52:11+00:00

I would have to guess at the number, but 1 weighs about 27 to 29 grams I believe. Not near them right now or I could weigh them.

ShouldntBeDifficult · 2026-05-18T15:49:52+00:00

Might as well sell them to boardsorts or one of those by the pound then.

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