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0 pointsfnord771y ago0 comments

I don't think there's that big of a market for obsolete server pieces as nostalgia...

But you could probably make a decent profit on just the CPUs alone parted out, even with the moving/handling costs.

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Going off one listing for a E5-2697v4, $50 with free shipping, 386 already sold.

If you figure after the double-dipping of eBay/Paypal and then shipping fees, that's ~$30 profit per CPU.

8024 x 30 = 241,920 USD. Not too shabby for what's got to be some weeks/months of work. You could probably assume that they can sell or scrap the rest of it for a bit more as well, minus the fees for storage and moving company.

atlgator1y ago

I was thinking the same thing. Worst case just sell off the CPUs and RAM.

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