Worth my time removing the metal top from CPU's?

**Bryank930** · 09-26-2012, 09:55 AM

Would it be worth my time to remove the metal top from metal topped CPU's like Pentium4, celeron, ect?

I've never tried it, so I don't know how long it takes or how difficult it is. My thinking is that would then make them into a Green fiber, no metal CPU and they'd be worth more. Is this correct?

Does anyone do this now?

Thanks,
Bryan

**jghilino** · 09-26-2012, 11:01 AM

you dont gain much if anything at all, sort them and sell them as is

**recyclethis** · 09-26-2012, 11:47 AM

No, not worth your time. The weight that you lose will barely offset the money gained and you risk devaluing the chip itself.

**brucie** · 09-26-2012, 12:15 PM

i see people talking about selling cpu... it is general practice to remove cpu from the boards bf selling the boards as highgrade? in other words, it doesnt downgrade the board by taking them off? i keep seeing dont remove anything from highgrade boards but then see people talk about selling them separate... ??

**jghilino** · 09-26-2012, 12:20 PM

yes always remove the cpu and ram off the motherboard before you sell them, leave everything else on it, i will also remove the battery from the motherboard but only if my buyer requests so

**scrapperben** · 09-26-2012, 12:28 PM

i've been doing a bunch of dell pc's this week and every cpu is stuck and all I can pull off is a chip that has gold dots,
the pins are stuck, so what are these then? would these be classed higher then plain motherboard?

**Jeremiah** · 09-26-2012, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by scrapperben

i've been doing a bunch of dell pc's this week and every cpu is stuck and all I can pull off is a chip that has gold dots,
the pins are stuck, so what are these then? would these be classed higher then plain motherboard?

I sounds to me like you are pulling out pinless processors, very common in mid 2000 Dells. Just leave the pins in the cpu socket and sell the pinless processors. Always be careful that you are not scrapping duel core or higher processors. If this is the case, you shouldn't be scrapping the computer at all. It should be sold as it.

**ScrapYaHerd** · 09-26-2012, 10:04 PM

The pentium 4 chips pay the same fiber or metal it doesn't matter so don't rip that off it adds weight..And I think gold is stuck onto the bottom of the metal, could be wrong..