PM per unit Volume

[reelman65]

Greetings and thanks for the awesome information source.

I am looking to confirm the relative amounts of PM per unit volume. The reason is as follows:

I process ewaste as a way to acquire PMs without affecting my normal income. I would rather be pursuing my hobbies of hunting and fishing, but I believe the dollar will continue to fall etc. etc. So my tactic is to process and sell ewaste to break even, and then skim and hoard the material with the most PMs. I focus on volume because space is my limitation, not weight.
I don't currently refine and don't have the volume to go to a refiner, but I would keep all options open as my cache grows.

I always keep all CPUs, Memory, and easily removable IC chips. My margins seem to be high enough to start keeping the next PM dense items. So my question is what it would be?

Slot cards or just the fingers?
High end telecom

I would love to hear your thoughts,
thanks!!!

 

[Geo]

this same question is being ask daily it seems like. theres no way to calculate the PM value per unit as there are so many different configurations. the parts of a PC with the most PM's have been published with photos pointing out points of interest where PM's are located on the forum before. have you tried to search for it?

 

[kdaddy]

You should have been keeping fingers from the start, they are the easiest thing to process.

 

[johnny309]

You have to many variables...such..:
1)year of manufacturing
2)company who made it
3)corrosion...meanining the enviroment in which functioned
4)and not the least....IT IS GOLD....?...(I see a dispute on forum about RAM fingers,they are tin plated...or paladium plated..?)

 

[patnor1011]

You have to many variables...such..:
1)year of manufacturing
2)company who made it
3)corrosion...meanining the enviroment in which functioned
4)and not the least....IT IS GOLD....?...(I see a dispute on forum about RAM fingers,they are tin plated...or paladium plated..?)

Tin

 

[Claudie]

Are they Tin, or just plated with Tin? Would these be a good candidate for use in making SnCl2?

 

[patnor1011]

Tin plated copper.