GOLD FROM PROCESSOR PINS

[mark of EXCELLENCE]

Hello,HOW MANY GOLD PLATED PROCESSOR PINS TO GET 1 TROY OUNCE OF GOLD. SEVERAL POUNDS ?

 

[xaira]

not all processors have the same size pins the 478 had really small pins while the socket 7 pins were huuuge

 

[Engima]

Tom's Hardware did an article about this concept, namely extracting gold from old CPU chips.

Article

The final product was never purified to 99.99% pure gold since it would require more dangerous steps. Since I don't know the amount of gold present on each pin I'd say ~2500 pins.

 

[nforce4max]

This is an enormous waste or resources and expensive chemicals to do on a small scale and it causes problems for those who collect or have a real use for older cpus. You literally have to extract the base metals from several hundred to see any real profit from the money spent just getting everything.

 

[de5_Roy]

play w.o.w.

 

[hollywoodie]

Still no one has this info ?
i am asking how many pins from the bottom of a processor in weight factor only/ not how many processors / = 1 troy ounce of 99.9 % pure gold after refining. Dose anyone know of this information ?

 

[nforce4max]

Still no one has this info ?
i am asking how many pins from the bottom of a processor in weight factor only/ not how many processors / = 1 troy ounce of 99.9 % pure gold after refining. Dose anyone know of this information ?

You are wasting your time, it takes a lot to even have that much in just 14k gold let alone be close to 99.9%. The gold content is only a thin HGE coat so its stripped away very quickly. Most who do this aim for the cpus have that the gold cap ihs like the old pentium pro or cyrix m2. You are pretty much putting your own health at risk given how toxic the chemicals are.

 

[amuffin]

For the amount of money you get from the gold, you wouldn't have made your money back for buying the chemicals to retrieve the gold...

 

[Tamz_msc]

amuffin would be right, just give up this idea, get Skyrim and practice alchemy - it would be way better, and safer too.

 

[shafeeq_64]

Dear
you may got one ounce of gold from 950 processors's pins

 

[Motopsychojdn]

You would need tens of thousands of pins to get a troy ounce of gold,
This answers the question most accurately unless you can strip the gold from one pin, then divide an ounce by the amount harvested
Moto