CPU scrap

At 12:02 AM 11/5/2010, dwight elvey wrote: Yesterday gold was $1392 per troy ounce, or $44.75 a gram. It was $386 in 1995 when the PPro was introduced. I would say this much: I bet I'd get a higher price on eBay who knew there was 0.3 grams. Wikipedia even says that some models have 1.1 grams. So Intel might've had $4 to $12 of gold in one. I seem to remember there were PPros that sold for $800+ when they were introduced, although there were some in the $200 range. Google Shopping says you can still buy 200 Mhz ones for $25 (used) to $41-$53 new. Short of Intel's own measurements, there's lots of interesting and questionable info out on the Internet. Heaven knows that gold bugs and gold scrappers always tell the truth and never stretch. Some factoids I found in a few minutes' searching: motherboards have 10 ounces of gold per ton average PC has 1 gram of gold a gram of gold per kilo for RAM 8088 ceramics have solid 10K gold pins This one had specific CPUs with pics and weights: http://forums.silverstackers.com/viewtopic.php?id=1853 And then there's the chip collectors. So I think I'll scrap those two quad PPro Proliant 7000 this weekend. Maybe I'll keep one CPU for a chip collection or gold hair comb. - John