Desktop Tower Analysis - Page 2

I was trying to figure out how much (if anything) I could pay for a Desktop PC.

So I went ahead and bought 20 from an auction. They ranged from 486 to Pentium 2

I broke down all 20, weighed everything and then averaged to determine quantity of each material for each PC. Here are the results:



CPUs - .051 lbs - Got 1 Pentium Pro got 2 Pentium 2s and a couple of Fiber
RAM - .061 lbs
Boards - 2.1 lbs
Steel - 13.5 lbs
Cables - .4 lbs
Fans - .35 lbs
Plastic - 2.29 lbs
Aluminum - .3 lbs
Power Supply internal - 1.35 lbs

They didn't have HDDs.
Each PC also had a DVD/CD and a 3.5 floppy, which I haven't broke down yet.

Multiple these numbers by the amounts you are getting to determine per PC price.

for $3.5/lb for boards, and $15/lb for CPU and RAM. I get around $12 per PC. I guess $5 would be what you could pay and still make money