Grading Motherboards

I am looking for advice on motherboard grading. What indicators am I looking for to determine if they are high-grade or low-grade?

I found a few places saying that if a board is "busy," it is high-grade.

Below are some pictures of boards that I recently pulled out of a box. Board 1 and 2 I would consider "busy" therefore high-grade. 3,4, and 5 are not as busy so I would consider them low-grade. I just want to know if I am on the right track and any advice/tips/resources to help me out.

Thank you.





EDIT: I guess I am not allowed to post links so I can't post the actual pictures. The imgur album is: imgur[dot]com/a/KpFbA

CPU socket size and the color. Search around, all the answers are already here.

im new at this but the first three look like server boards so those are high end. the rest look like standard medium grade motherboards. But thats me being into this whole scrap thing for a week. I have done computers for 15 years many companies just have different colored boards so them being green doesn't say much to me.

As soon as I posted this thread, I seen a bunch of similar threads below and am going through them.

Socket size, color, and the business is basically what dictates high/low grade?

Motherboards generally go by color and socket, but sometimes you will have some that are better than this, like multiple sockets or laptop boards.Tthe "busy" criteria is mainly for other types of boards, but it also depends on what the "busy" stuff is. It takes a lot of reading and talking to buyers to even pretend to sort well.

Take a look at some boards that are graded high to see what stuff is on them, like hard drive boards.

Auminer, buddy..make that sucker a poster or something similar an slap it in the SMF shop..LOL.

I'd buy it an stick it right in front of work bench just for those times when I have a a 'brain sneeze'.

An thanks for posting it. Always enjoy stuff like this.

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