Sell CPU San Antonio
That processor in the drawer is still worth money. Pick your CPU, see how much we pay, bring it in and leave with cash the same day. No listing, no waiting.
Why not just list it
Cash today beats maybe-money in three weeks.
A patient private sale can pay more; it also takes weeks, and it rarely goes to plan — lowball messages, no-shows, a stranger in a parking lot. Here you see how much we pay before you leave the house, and the cash is in your hand the day you walk in. Off your floor, into your pocket.
What we buy
The list, in plain terms.
- Intel Core
- 14th, 13th, 12th, 11th and 10th generation — i3 through i9
- Intel sockets
- LGA 1851, 1700, 1200 and 1151
- AMD Ryzen
- 9000, 7000, 5000 and 3000 series — Ryzen 3 through 9
- AMD sockets
- AM5 and AM4
- Threadripper and Xeon
- Workstation and server processors, tested the same way
Not seeing yours? See what we don't buy. And if it turns out to be too old to be worth buying, we recycle it free on the same visit.
How we price it
What moves the price, and by how much.
Our pricing is a percentage of what the item is currently selling for used, and we update those figures weekly. Beyond that, these are the things we actually look at.
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Generation and socket
A processor is only worth what a working platform will pay for it. Current sockets hold value. Dead sockets fall away quickly.
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Core count
More cores is not automatically more money — it depends what that socket is being bought for.
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Bent pins
On AM4 the pins are on the chip. On Intel LGA they are in the board. Bent pins on a Ryzen chip are sometimes straightenable and sometimes fatal, so we check under magnification before quoting.
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The cooler
Bring it. A boxed cooler is worth a little on its own, and it saves the next owner a purchase.
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Delidding or overclocking
Not disqualifying. We test stability at stock and price on what it actually does.
We don’t open low and negotiate up. The quote you’re given is the price. More on how we price →
No surprises
Three steps. One trip. Paid.
- Get your quote before you drive. Find your item on this site and see how much we pay, in real time. Accept it and it’s emailed to you, so you arrive with the quote already in writing.
- Bring it in, no appointment. We log the model, condition and serial number in front of you (photo ID, 18 or over), then check it on the workshop bench — about ten to fifteen minutes per item. Your quote stands unless the item isn’t as described or part of it fails; then we show you what we found, offer a parts price, and you decide.
- Walk out paid. Cash or a company check, same day, before you leave. Say no at any point and take it home — no fee, no hard feelings.
We record the serial number and the seller’s ID on every purchase, and hand the bill of sale to law enforcement if they ask. That’s why we need your ID, and why stolen hardware doesn’t come through this door.
Not sure exactly what you have?
Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc, open Performance, click CPU — the full model is top-right. Or read it off the heat spreader on the chip itself.
Still stuck? Call or text (210) 710-2020 and describe it, or bring the whole machine and we'll identify it for you.
Common questions
Before you drive over.
Is my CPU worth selling on its own, or with the motherboard?
Usually more together. A matched CPU, board and memory set is a working platform, and a working platform is worth more than three loose parts. We price both ways and show you the difference.
Do you buy processors with bent pins?
Sometimes. It depends on which pins and how badly. We look under magnification and tell you before we quote — a chip that will not post is worth very little, and we will say so rather than take it off your hands cheaply.
How old is too old for a CPU?
There is no hard cut-off, but value falls off a cliff once a socket stops being used for real builds. If yours is past that point we will tell you, and you can recycle it with us free rather than drive home with it.
Also bought here
Bringing more than one thing?
Get your quote, then bring it in.
We're at 11503 Jones Maltsberger Rd #1138, north of the airport, south of Wurzbach Parkway — Suite 1138, straight down the hallway, last door on the right. Tuesday to Saturday, no appointment, cash the same day. Bring a valid photo ID.
The phone is answered “Alamo Geeks” — that's us. Buyback Geeks is our buyback division, same building, same people.
- Tue – Sat
- 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM
- Sun – Mon
- Closed