Recycling gold from computer parts

acepwnsyou · May 9, 2012

n0tiert said:
Sound like the old times are back.....

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T_NQK02OKaI/T1-W_5_wDzI/AAAAAAAAAFI/0A-Uxu86xpo/s1600/miners.jpg

lol

i spit my pop out through my nose LOL

Mindweaver · May 9, 2012

I have a friend that use to do this... and He gave it up after it didn't pay off.. and he removed the gold and the platinum from hard drives. Newer computers just don't have enough material to extract... Just an example.. I gave him 25 Dell - I can't remember what model, but they had pIII 900mhz, 128mb sdram, 80gb hd's. He only made a little over $100... and He had a lab and everything. So, I wouldn't do it..

sensys · Apr 4, 2013

Gold recycling

Hi, I saw this post and decide to register. Subject is a year old but I'm wondering does anyone decided to recycle gold from computer parts?

I'm not good with acids, so I think doing it with reverse electroplating process like on this video

Is it possible to collect gold in this way, without using any chemical at all?

Asus7950DCII · Apr 4, 2013

its people like ^ this that i have nothing to tell them
sorry bro

BiggieShady · Apr 4, 2013

Take a look at this gold extraction process from motherboards

http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/550-gold-motherboard-chemistry.html

bottom line, this is what you get from bunch of motherboards:

this

from this

System Name	Ace-PC
Processor	Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processo
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Cooling	CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Memory	G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Me
Video Card(s)	EVGA 560 ti SC SLI
Storage	SanDisk Extreme SDSSDX-120G-G25 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (S, 4x 2tb, 1x 750 GB
Display(s)	28" Hannspree HD 1920x1200
Case	Thermaltake Level 10 GT (VN10001W2N) Black SECC / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Power Supply	Corsair TX750
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

System Name	Tower of Power / Sechs
Processor	i7 14700K / i7 5820k @ 4.5ghz
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z690-A Gaming WiFi D4 / X99S GAMING 7
Cooling	CM MasterLiquid ML360 Mirror ARGB Close-Loop AIO / CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Extreme
Memory	CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3600 / G.Skill DDR4 2800 16GB 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti / ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 V2 OC Edition
Storage	4x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2, 2x Crucial 1TB SSD / Samsung 870 PRO 500GB M.2
Display(s)	Samsung 32" Odyssy G5 Gaming 144hz 1440p, ViewSonic 32" 72hz 1440p / 2x ViewSonic 32" 72hz 1440p
Case	Phantek "400A" / Phanteks “Enthoo Pro series”
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC4080 / Azalia Realtek ALC1150
Power Supply	Corsair RM Series RM750 / Corsair CXM CX600M
Mouse	Glorious Gaming Model D Wireless / Razer DeathAdder Chroma
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK with box-white switches / Keychron K6 pro with blue swithes
VR HMD	Quest 3 (128gb) + Rift S + HTC Vive + DK1
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 / Windows 10 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	Windows 10 64-bit Core i7 6700
Processor	Intel Core i7 6700
Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS
Cooling	Corsair AIO
Memory	2 x 8 GB Kingston DDR4 2666
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB, Seagate Baracuda 1 TB
Display(s)	Dell P2414H
Case	Corsair Carbide Air 540
Audio Device(s)	Realtek HD Audio
Power Supply	Corsair TX v2 650W
Mouse	Steelseries Sensei
Keyboard	CM Storm Quickfire Pro, Cherry MX Reds
Software	MS Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Recycling gold from computer parts

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