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I've been purchasing Compaq Proliant servers at auction over the past couple of weeks and breaking them down. I typically pay $8-$12 apiece and I wanted to find out an actual value of one of these to make sure I wasn't just spinning my wheels. This one had no HDD and I am using Ewasted prices as of the last shipment I had processed on 12-31-13 and my scrap yard's current prices. The gold fingers I sell on ebay and net about $70/lb, so I used that number here.
Gold fingers - 0.5 oz - $2.19
Slot processor - 1.6 oz - $1.00
Sm sckt server board - 1 lb 10 oz - $3.98
Devalued memory - 2.4 oz - $0.83
Mid grade (non-HDD) boards - 12.2 oz - $1.14
Finger boards - 1 lb 5.3 oz - $4.79
Wires - 13.4 oz - $0.63
Motors/windings - 1 lb 6.9 oz - $0.36
Aluminum - 2 lb 7.6 oz - $1.24
Steel/shred - 27 lb 7.7 oz - $2.75
Grand Total - $18.91
I regret not timing myself, but I think I'm knocking these out in about 15-20 minutes. Conservatively if I'm averaging 2.5/hour and buying them at $11 each with no HDD or resellable parts I would be earning about $20/hr. Ehhh. And that's not counting time spent bidding on them, travelling to pick them up, shipping to CFCS, etc. Methinks I need to get faster, buy cheaper, and/or move on.
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