How much is your e-waste worth? A valuation guide

Reference: 11032

Recent motherboard mix

Recent motherboard, Socket INTEL MPGA 478 / 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 and AMD 754 / 939 / AM2 / AM3 and new without heatsink. Batteries, sheets, metal fixing, heatsink have been removed. Grade A

Reference: 11025

Hard Drive Motherboard

Hard drive motherboard. Batteries, metal sheets, and heat sink frames have been removed.

Reference: 12028

Green or brown plastic processor

Green or brown plastic processors from computers without fans or heat sinks. Plastic processors with a cooling plate that have not been removed have a special purchase price.

Reference: 11016

Daughter card without heat sink, without metal

Plug-in daughter card without heatsink. Batteries, sheet metal, metal mounting, and heatsink have been removed. Grade A

Reference: 11013

There are aluminum components and copper components (e.g., coils or transformers) on the printed circuit boards. Printed circuits consisting of cathode ray tube devices, power supplies, and transformers. There is barely visible gold plating. In addition, very few active components are installed. Grade G

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What gives e-waste its value

Three factors set the buyback price: precious-metal content (gold, silver, palladium, copper), condition (reusable or not) and current metal prices. A recent motherboard without battery or heatsink is worth several times an power-supply board of the same weight.

Reuse or recycling: two different values

A working Intel Core CPU sells per unit for reuse - the best possible value. The same CPU, dead, goes to recycling and is paid by weight. Sort working items before selling: the price difference is significant.

How to increase the value of your lot

Remove everything that is not soldered: batteries, metal frames, screwed heatsinks. This simple step moves your boards up a grade. Sort by family too: a homogeneous lot is easier to price.

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