I have tons of stuff I can part with. Most of the stuff I have is Core 2 and early I3/5/7 series stuff. Got lots of ddr2 and ddr3 memory. Most of this stuff our recycler just hauls off for about 1$ a pound. They usually pay about $10 to $20 for complete laptops that post (no HDD). Example would be a later core 2 (2009) that works. Newer units are a little more but still not much. I also have AMD laptops and "halftops" laptops with no lid or screen that work connected to an external monitor.
$1 a pound sounds good
do you have a little lost of your inventory or should I ask for something specific?
If you have something in mind you want, I can look during the week. I have alot of stuff and it comes in and goes out quickly so I don't keep a list.
When you say early generations of i3/5/7 is that the first 2 or 3 generations or what do you consider early? Halftops sound good to me, I'd probably be interested in some i5 or i7s and if you've got some 1GB+ DDR3 RAM that you're just looking to recycle I'll take that too! Shipping will probably be where this gets tricky.
If you have newer (last 3 or 4 years) i7s that boot to BIOS I'm looking for one for my own computer to tinker with too.
I could use small SSDs if you come across 16, 20, 24, 32gb or bigger SSDs of course. If that's not something you typically get rid of then no problem. Make/model/age doesn't matter as long as they work. ODD caddies for secondary drives would be cool too but idk how common they are. I have 1 12.7mm one but could use more and / or 9.5mm.
Any i5/i7 laptop with an extra PCIE port would be handy to tinker with.
I'll post more if I think of something else I'd be looking for.
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