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[FrugalRefiner]

What Göran said. And much like the rest of the discussion on this thread, it depends on your circumstances.

Silversaddle can't sort any of it because of the huge volume he handles.

Kurt finds it profitable to sort out that which is easily identifiable.

Other members, with lower volumes, might find it worthwhile to identify types that Kurt passes over because they are harder to identify, don't provide as high a profit margin, or might not bring a premium from his buyer.

Just because something is old doesn't mean it doesn't have value if you're willing to seek out the right buyer who needs it to keep an old, legacy system going, and deal with the potential problems that have already been mentioned. I sold a couple of EISA SCSI controller cards just a couple of years ago, and they went out of fashion a long time ago. The buyer still had some old servers that still worked for his company's needs, and it was a lot cheaper to buy a couple of controllers than to upgrade the whole system.

Dave

 

[silversaddle1]

Wait a minute, I didn't say we never sort any ram out. I do, but not all of it. When I open a server and see 8 sticks of 8gb ram, I will on occasion, look it up on Ebay and if I like what I see I will list it in my spare time. But then again, like today, we scrapped 50 towers and I never looked at any of that ram. I know that when I do unload this lot of ram, it's going to be on a sort and settle type agreement. In all fairness I should make the time to sort it all out and max out the profits on it, but I have so little free time anymore.

 

[FrugalRefiner]

Sorry Silversaddle. I didn't mean to mischaracterize what you do. I was just trying to use your high volume operation in comparison to a mid volume and low volume operation. So, much like Kurt, you do cherry pick that which is obviously worth the effort. Kurt may devote more time to sorting. Someone else may devote even more. The point is, there is no single right answer. It all depends on your circumstances.

Dave

 

[silversaddle1]

I only pick it when I'm pulling it. If my wife is doing take-downs, none of it gets picked.

 

[FrugalRefiner]

She sounds like my wife. She looks at all my stuff and says "junk!". :lol:

Dave

 

[patnor1011]

First and probably quickest sorting is if you look at IC on a RAM. When I sort RAM I do toss all RAM with IC with legs on two sides in a bucket for refining and set aside all sticks with BGA IC. Then when I have time I do go through BGA IC RAM and again all which is less than 1GB go to a bucket and I keep only 1GB and more. I do sell anything over 2GB fairly quick and if you want to see what price they go for just type and search what you see on label on ebay and you will get an idea. I do not bother too much with ebay prices as I want to sell them quick so I usually sell 2GB sticks for 5 euro and they sell fast. Sometimes I do find a person who want to buy all I got then I sell it for 4euro a piece. I talk about laptop RAM as I deal with laptops only. 1GB I do sell for 2euro/piece in bulk like 20-30 pieces.

There may be a market for older smaller RAM like 256MB but I got such inquiry like 2-3 times a year so I do not bother and keep just a few to help out somebody who need them.

 

[snoman701]

There is no definite guide to how to sort and sell as the market always is changing as new types appears and the types and sizes people buys are changing.

That's what I wasn't sure...if it was one specific type of old RAM that sold because it's chips were superior, or if it was just "modern ram", ever evolving, that is resold to be reused.