4 Nov
2010
4 Nov
'10
10:56 p.m.
From the wiki:
"Some models of Pentium Pro chips contain as much as 1.1 grams of Gold.
Because gold's price has increased more than 500% since 1995, the price of
the gold in one of these chips has gone from $8.25 to close to $45 per
chip."
Which models I don't know. Original price per chip must have been over
$1000, so $10 in gold would not have bankrupted Intel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "dwight elvey" <dkelvey at hotmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 1:02 AM
Subject: RE: CPU scrap
From: cclist at sydex.com
Subject: Re: CPU
scrap
On 4 Nov 2010 at 17:00, William Donzelli wrote:
Seems that the Cash4Gold mail-in gold scam outfits are missing a
golden(!) opportunity. A few will currently accept cellphones.
--Chuck
I might believe $3-$4 but Intel would have been out of business if
they put even $10 worth of gold into a PPro.
Dwight
=
Somewhere
on the net claimed they have $30-40
in gold in each PPro.
Well, not that much, but yes, Pentium Pros make the scrappers very
happy.