New Guy
Today i picked up 8 smaller servers racks (2 weight 30lbs, and the other 6 weight 50lbs each). A big rack that stands itself up weighting around 90lbs. 3 Surge protectors weighting 45lbs each. And a huge rack (looks like its two racks connected together) that weights 110lbs. And a computer/server that works. I got two questions.
I paid $200 for all this and was wondering if it was a smart investment?
What would be the best way to scrap this in order for me to maximize my profits?
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
If the parts are all there I think you'll get your money back. Do you know if the CPUs, RAM, and HDDs are still in them? I'd guess the surge protectors are UPS units with 2 garden tractor size batteries inside? did you bring it all in, or is it still there ? What server still works? Parts are sometimes good on Ebay if they're not too old
New Guy
The Harddrives are gone, but i think the cpu's and RAM are still there. I am still in high school so time spend dissembling is not a bid issue. I am just hoping to make my money back b/c i feel i overpaid.
No matter what you will get a great education. Nothing gets you attention like making or loosing you own money. If you can take a few photo's of the break down. Mike.
"Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}
Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
get the model number of each one and google it, look for info on the unit from the manufacturer, also look for results in the list from ebay, to see if any of it is selling there. It's good if you can power them up, if so, you'll know if the ram and cpu are good, google those as well for ebay results, to see if they're selling, and for how much
if them, or parts from them are selling on ebay, you might try selling yours there too, even some can sell as vintage, if they're not selling, you can pull all the boards and sell them as computer scrap
There's lots of threads here on selling computer scrap
Last edited by Bear; 04-02-2012 at 10:06 PM.
New Guy
I just started taking one apart and i found ten kingston ktm5780/8g RAM sticks. Maybe these servers are not so old. After doing some research i found that the RAM costs a few hundred dollars. Maybe i should simply dissemble these servers for scrap. Should i get them checked out at a computer store or something?
8 gb ram is very old I may be mistaken but I believe you got some very old equipement. I checked ebay and not much activity but high prices. Perhaps you could start at a lower price and get a buyer. I will be interested in what cpu's are in them. Mike
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
no, check them out yourself! set you up a work table with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse on it. Hook up the units one by one and fire them up, taking notes of what the startup screen tells you. You'll need to learn to go in to startup and find your way around, using the up/down, left/right arrows, and the enter/esc keys on the keyboard to navigate through the BIOS.
If you simply scrap them out without testing and knowing what's in them, you'll likely waste some good chances to make far more than scrap price
Don't worry about making mistakes here, they belong to you, if you get lost just power it off and start over, the education alone will be worth your investment
New Guy
Thanks a lot guys. I am gonna be doing some research the next few days to see what i got. I will keep you guys informed on whats happening. Thanks for all the advice.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
cool! good luck Alex
Selling parts from them is likely the best way to go. Whole units sell cheap and are harder, and more expensive to ship
if you found the ram sticks to be worth several hundred dollars, why are you considering scrapping them?
Last edited by Bear; 04-02-2012 at 10:28 PM.
8GB ram sticks are not old. They should fetch $100 easy. More if they are ECC and DDR2 or higher.
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8 meg is old 8 gig is Ripe for Ebaying!!
“Most people miss opportunity because it wears overalls and looks like work .” ― Thomas A. Edison
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Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
Those sticks are listed from kingston @ $336 markdown from $509, or from walmart @ $288. If you can't get half that on Ebay, you aint tryin ; )
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I agree!Originally Posted by drozenski
"64K should be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates 1981
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Experienced Scrapper
8gb is new. 8mb is old.
Well I guess I mis read what they were. I see that now. I am thankful others were here correct my bad advise. Mike
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
I tried to reply to your message but your mailbox was full, and won't accept new messages until you delete the old ones. If you need to save any for future reference, the option to do so is at the bottom of your inbox page. I noticed when looking for this thread that a klmetalscorporation has visited your profile. As a precaution you should look at this thread http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/showthread.php/8338-Anybody-else-get-this-email-titled-quot-Shady-Metal-Dealer-quot
Last edited by Bear; 04-07-2012 at 10:36 AM.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
that link doesn't seem to work, it's in the "off topic" category, on the second or third page, titled "did anyone else get this email"
New Guy
The reason the link doesn't work is the "http://" in the address is in there twice. Just take out one of the http's. Interesting thread.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
thanks rmiller
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