Transporting a custom water cooled PC

[kevintang]

Im moving to US soon but I have this custom water cooled pc, I want to bring it with me. So how can I transport it to US without damaging anything?

[WiRiZi]

How big is it / what case you got?

[A Silver]

stuff the internals with bubble rap like the big companies do when they ship custom pcs?

[vordnaskelA]

2 minutes ago, A Silver said:

stuff the internals with bubble rap like the big companies do when they ship custom pcs?

Dont forget to drain the loop also.

[BloodyWaters]

Yeah make sure there is no water. Take the graphics card out and put it in an anti static bag, then package the card up separately (Or just make sure the card doesn't bounce around with proper support on all sides). Then stuff the PC with bubble wrap or something, and cover it with something to protect it. Then make sure it doesn't bounce around in its box with little plastic peanuts or something. 

[fredih]

Put everything that could break off in seperate boxes as much as possible, maybe drain the loop, and stuff the inside of the case with non-static packing material or expanding packing foam

[kelvinhall05]

11 minutes ago, BloodyWaters said:

Yeah make sure there is no water. Take the graphics card out and put it in an anti static bag, then package the card up separately (Or just make sure the card doesn't bounce around with proper support on all sides). Then stuff the PC with bubble wrap or something, and cover it with something to protect it. Then make sure it doesn't bounce around in its box with little plastic peanuts or something. 

 

He can't take out the GPU in a custom loop...

[atomicus]

You don't need to remove the GPU as long as it's supported. You basically just need to fill all empty space with soft foam so that everything is supported and nothing can move. Drain it also obviously, but I'm sure you don't need to be told that haha!

[BloodyWaters]

3 hours ago, kelvinhall05 said:

He can't take out the GPU in a custom loop...

That's why I added the part in the parenthesis. 

[kevintang]

Thank you guys so much for the responses, I did not expect so many help

[0ld_Chicken]

If I were to transport my rig internationally, I'd probably disassemble the entire thing and use individual boxes.  I guess it largely depends on if YOU are taking it or shipping it with someone else.