Just wondering what categories these components fall into, and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Is there anyone answering questions in an official capacity anymore, or are staff on a break or something? Boardsort as a business makes it way too confusing for potential customers as it is, and it doesn't help to have a forum where questions either aren't answered or the answer leaves you with even more questions.

IMO, there needs to be a competitor in the US. That would give Boardsort's business a healthy dose of Darwinism. No offense intended.

Can someone please answer my question? And believe me, I've searched many, many pages looking for answers to it and other ID questions I've had in the past, and I've found it's usually a fool's errand.

This message board is here for community members to post questions and answers. From my experience this has never been a place for Boardsort employees to answer questions in an official capacity. If you aren't getting a response in a timely manner you can send an email to Boardsort with a link to the post and most of the time someone will check and classify the board. This is the only message board I have found so far to ask questions about e-waste.

Take a look at this post viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17776
This is intended to be a friendly community to help each other with all things scrap. Not just computers.
Have questions on classing a board? Use the what is it threads.
Want to discuss the different levels of stainless steel. Head over to the escrap general discussion.
Can’t get something apart? Use the boardsort help section.

Btw, I would guess that 1-4 are Peripheral High Grade and 5 is Peripheral Low Grade, but I could be wrong.

I've read that thread before and I'm not as much a newbie as you might think. Anyway, thanks for your opinion as to the parts I posted. I'm curious as to what makes 1-4 high peripheral as opposed to something else, specifically the presence of gold/certain components/whatever. Again I appreciate any and all help.