Intel/AMD 186/286

[nubs16s]

Has anyone processed any of these before? There's a guy local to me selling them for $20 a pop and I'd like to know if it'd be worth picking some up.

 

[anachronism]

Not at $20 each nubs.

 

[nubs16s]

Not at $20 each nubs.

Do you know a approximate yeild or fair price? He seems willing to negotiate.

 

[anachronism]

Do you know a approximate yeild or fair price? He seems willing to negotiate.

In all honesty I don't nubs, I've always processed them with others as opposed to discretely but the yield would have to be ridiculously high per piece to account for your purchase price, time effort, materials and profit at $20.

 

[Marcel]

What is a pop and what a nub?

 

[Shark]

It is "a pop" as in "$20 a pop" or $20 each. Nub could have several meanings as well. One such is when a finger is partially removed, the remaining piece is called "a nub". Used as a name, I have no idea. It is mainly a southern "thing" here in the U.S.

 

[FrugalRefiner]

One such is when a finger is partially removed, the remaining piece is called "a nub".

We just call mine stumpy.

Dave

 

[nubs16s]

What is a pop and what a nub?

A pop is another way to say per so $20 per unit. And nubs is in reference to my username nubs16s.

 

[GoIdman]

Has anyone processed any of these before? There's a guy local to me selling them for $20 a pop and I'd like to know if it'd be worth picking some up.

I just collect them , not yet processed, but information says 286 CPU`s contain between 0.22-0.3 g of gold (may be speculated), therefore the gold value if you calculate with this yield would give you 0.22x94=20.68USD

There is no margin for profit with this purchase price, and if you calculate the time and chemicals you will end up in a big loss.

To be wort buying the maximum price IMHO is around 5-8 usd. so after recovery and refining you would end up with a small profit. You have to explain the seller why you are offering this price, by explaining the chemical cost, the time, refining and melting into a button.

But this is just one opinion.

Pete

 

[nubs16s]

I just collect them , not yet processed, but information says 286 CPU`s contain between 0.22-0.3 g of gold (may be speculated), therefore the gold value if you calculate with this yield would give you 0.22x94=20.68USD

There is no margin for profit with this purchase price, and if you calculate the time and chemicals you will end up in a big loss.

To be wort buying the maximum price IMHO is around 5-8 usd. so after recovery and refining you would end up with a small profit. You have to explain the seller why you are offering this price, by explaining the chemical cost, the time, refining and melting into a button.

But this is just one opinion.

Pete

Thank you for the information that helps alot. I'll reach out to him and see if I can get a deal to get his entire inventory for $5 a piece I know he has at least 20 of them.