Howdy from HTX

My exact strategy for computers is:



Open case
Undo powersupply from the back and take out (to create room inside)
Snip wire from powersupply, and put in insulated copper wire pile to sell locally
Put powersupply in bin for pallet
Take out ram, if more than 2gb it goes into antistatic bag for more than scrap Value buyer, otherwise in a bin for pallet guy
Finger cards come out and into a bin for pallet
Take out cpu+cpu heat sink
Cpu heat sink goes local as alum or copper alum radiator
Cpu goes into a bucket to sort later for pallet guy, OR if it's new enough goes in an antistatic bag for a more than scrap value buyer
Motherboard comes out goes in a pile for pallet later
CD/floppy/harddrive come out
CD goes in a bin for me to take the boards out of later for pallet guy
Floppy I don't mess with and keep in a pile for a place that takes them at slightly higher than shred prices.
Harddrives if they are over 500gb I wipe them and send to mtsv guy, otherwise I take the boards off and send both the boards and drive to pallet guy
Clip wired that are sometimes there that go from USB /fan /sd slot to motherboard and put in icw bin
Case with fans attached goes into shred pile

That should be all the info you need to start extracting value from the computers. There are some other rarities that sometimes happen but that should cover you most times. For example some old computers you can sell whole for parts on eBay for a lot more than scrap. Some old enough boards go as telcom instead of motherboards (for more money). Some graphics card (finger cards) can bring more money that scrap value but most times not, etc etc

And then there's servers.... Which are mostly the same but larger. It just takes some time learning what buyers buy but after that is easy. You are very lucky to have a source for computers , that is most people's biggest hurdle, where to get enough stuff to take apart and sell.... You already have that so already have a huge leg up