Not 1. but 2!! Pentium Pro CPU's

I'm not a big escrap guy. What's special about them? How much do they sell for?

Originally Posted by DevinThaScrapper

I'm not a big escrap guy. What's special about them? How much do they sell for?

The gold alone makes it worth whatever he got for em - can't legally say what they go for as several in the buyer/seller area has em listed as pentium pro cpus.

Originally Posted by DevinThaScrapper

I'm not a big escrap guy. What's special about them? How much do they sell for?

I think theres half of a gram of Gold in each one.
Its one of the highest amounts of Gold in a CPU that you can find.
Theres some other chips that are close, but they are from the same era, like the CPU with the two bolts on its Gold plated cap.
Theres a few 0.4 grams of Gold CPU's, they will have a Gold cap, Gold underside and Gold pins.
Like a K5 chip.

From there the amount of Gold drops off quickly, like 0.3gms with a Gold cap/pins.
Then its mostly 0.2 gms for the larger CPU's

Small CPU are from 0.01 to 0.2, depending on which sort.

But I would like to know how much Gold in a 486 or 386 ceramic plain top CPU.

Originally Posted by DevinThaScrapper

I'm not a big escrap guy. What's special about them? How much do they sell for?

I can't honestly say that there's more gold in them but a quick check and I see that they are selling for less then the 386 and 486 chips.
I think people like them because you just don't see that many, especially a dual cpu. I'd remove the mother board, put the cpu's back in, clean it up and hang it on my wall.
That's where mine is hanging.

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Originally Posted by jimicrk

I can't honestly say that there's more gold in them but a quick check and I see that they are selling for less then the 386 and 486 chips.
I think people like them because you just don't see that many, especially a dual cpu. I'd remove the mother board, put the cpu's back in, clean it up and hang it on my wall.
That's where mine is hanging.

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There are approximately 5 Pentium Pros in a pound, so as scrap you would be getting about $15 each. Yes, these are worth less per pound than others, but individually they are worth more because they weigh so much. So, finding two of them in a tower is much better than finding two 486s or similar.

Originally Posted by jimicrk

I can't honestly say that there's more gold in them but a quick check and I see that they are selling for less then the 386 and 486 chips.
I think people like them because you just don't see that many, especially a dual cpu. I'd remove the mother board, put the cpu's back in, clean it up and hang it on my wall.
That's where mine is hanging.

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IIm going to see if I can get it back working. everything is in the tower still. No bent pins on the CPUs. So I need a power cord and an old ps2 mouse and keyboard. And hopefully it'll work. If not yes. I will be displaying them for a bit.