How do you guys move big cases easily?

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

I've recently swapped a regular sized ATX case into a huge monster like the Dark Base Pro 900 (orange).

 

Only thing I didn't think of, is how freakishly huge and heavy it actually is, the case by itself.

 

Some of the weight is due to the tempered glas sidepanel.

 

Luckily I only have to move it around few times a year. (air cleaning, LAN parties)

How would you move monsters like this around easily? Any Bags or anything?

 

I don't want to look like this:

 

 

[EminentSun]

1)Go to gym.

2)Lift weights.

3)Get good.

[squirrl]

had to use 2 people and a pulley system to carry around my watercooled 900d.  It can be shuffled with one person but when you get to moving it up and down a few flights or stairs or into a box then it's pretty difficult to do on your own. Partially to do with the size though.

[done12many2]

I've got wheels on the bottom of my pedestal.

[Mira Yurizaki]

I don't buy a case bigger than what my computer needs will be.

 

I don't understand why people buy huge cases, then only stick two drives out of the 10 it could hold and maybe at most two video cards when three slots remain. You can fit all of this in an mATX formfactor.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

1 minute ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I don't buy a case bigger than what my computer needs will be.

 

I don't understand why people buy huge cases, then only stick two drives out of the 10 it could hold and maybe at most two video cards when three slots remain. You can fit all of this in an mATX formfactor.

It's pretty stupid really,

but i just saw it at half price and bought it. It was only after that I realized what I had actually done.

Horrible mistake. though I LOOOVE the LED strips, Side Panels, Large fans for low noise, and the wireless phone charger on top of the case, which works perfectly with my samsung s´7

[Windows7ge]

Whenever I need to lift something heavy I always take Nick Van Berkel's advice from the moving vlog series. I don't remember his exact instructions but it was something along lines of lift with your back and jerk your back sideways in a twisting motion. It's worked every time I lifted something heavy.

[Mira Yurizaki]

5 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Whenever I need to lift something heavy I always take Nick Van Berkel's advice from the moving vlog series. I don't remember his exact instructions but it was something along lines of lift with your back and jerk your back sideways in a twisting motion. It's worked every time I lifted something heavy.

 

[HelplmChoking]

With your arms?

 

As an aside, why do you need that size case? Because I've never understood anything more than mATX for gaming, and a small ATX mid tower for more specialised cases (lot's of expansion cards + drives).

[Zusafek]

1 hour ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

I've recently swapped a regular sized ATX case into a huge monster like the Dark Base Pro 900 (orange).

 

Only thing I didn't think of, is how freakishly huge and heavy it actually is, the case by itself.

 

Some of the weight is due to the tempered glas sidepanel.

 

Luckily I only have to move it around few times a year. (air cleaning, LAN parties)

How would you move monsters like this around easily? Any Bags or anything?

 

I don't want to look like this:

 

 

It's simple. All you need to do is go down to home depot and grab one of the people standing outside who are hired to do manual labor. Might cost you 20 bucks and a soda but well worth it. 

[Windows7ge]

Ah yes thank you @M.Yurizaki that's exactly what I was referencing.

-Lift with your back

-Jerk

-Twisting jerking motion

and how could I forget the most important one:

Remember open toe shoes so if you drop it it's a clean cut injury that can be fixed easily.

 

I followed every one of these and I did drop something on my toe once but like Nicky V said it was a clean cut and my mother IRL sews so she was able to sew it back on there no problem and I was able to get back to work.

[Mick Naughty]

Get a padded dolly. A small ratchet strap and some more padding for the strap to hold the pc to the dolly. Or go to the gym. 

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

2 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

Get a padded dolly. A small ratchet strap and some more padding for the strap to hold the pc to the dolly. Or go to the gym. 

I was looking for something more like a big bag? IKEA bags work wonders.

[Quaker]

One word - casters.

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.1-58-inch--twin-wheel-caster-plate-black.1000118841.html

 

Get 2 regular and 2 with "brakes". It may take some modding to fit them on the bottom of the case, but ....

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

6 minutes ago, Quaker said:

One word - casters.

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.1-58-inch--twin-wheel-caster-plate-black.1000118841.html

 

Get 2 regular and 2 with "brakes". It may take some modding to fit them on the bottom of the case, but ....

Again, it's more about lifting it in an easier manner, since it's so big and wide More like a bag, with some handles or something.

[Mick Naughty]

You could just mod an Alice frame to the pc. Then when you want to move it, just throw it on like a back pack. 

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

1 minute ago, Mick Naughty said:

You could just mod an Alice frame to the pc. Then when you want to move it, just throw it on like a back pack. 

What's an alice frame?

[Quaker]

6 minutes ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

Again, it's more about lifting it in an easier manner, since it's so big and wide More like a bag, with some handles or something.

Buy one of those cheap universal dollies.

 

As a former member of a workplace safety committee, I can say that lifting heavy and awkward loads by hand is never recommended.

[Drak3]

19 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I don't buy a case bigger than what my computer needs will be.

 

I don't understand why people buy huge cases, then only stick two drives out of the 10 it could hold and maybe at most two video cards when three slots remain. You can fit all of this in an mATX formfactor.

Sometimes people get them because they like the aesthetic and it's not available in something smaller. Sometimes, it's for the ample amount of room to work. Sometimes, people fully intend to fill it out later, and might forget, or life happens.

 

I fall in all three categories.

[Mick Naughty]

5 minutes ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

What's an alice frame?

Google it. Normally it has a bag for carrying lots of stuff, quite heavy sometimes. The frame is lightweight and strong. You can normally get them with shoulder straps and a waist pad/strap for dirt cheap. 

[Scitesh]

22 hours ago, done12many2 said:

I've got wheels on the bottom of my pedestal.

I have the exact same setup but mine is literally a rectangle.. Just the sides for intake 

[TVwazhere]

Strap your case to one of these 

[GDRRiley]

I just practice by moving my 50lbs server around. 

[Monkey Dust]

It's not just the weight, it's the size. Fitting them through doorways, stairs with a turn in them, setting up away from your desk, all a PITA. It's why I picked a very compact MATX case for my current build.

 

I don't think you save a lot of weight by going smaller. Heavy components such as the PSU, AIOs or big tower coolers, graphics cards and 3.5" HHDs (if you use them) are common between ATX, MATX and all but the really compact MITX builds. The difference is the MATX and ITX are much easier to grip making the weight less of an issue.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

On 23/2/2017 at 9:26 PM, Monkey Dust said:

It's not just the weight, it's the size. Fitting them through doorways, stairs with a turn in them, setting up away from your desk, all a PITA. It's why I picked a very compact MATX case for my current build.

 

I don't think you save a lot of weight by going smaller. Heavy components such as the PSU, AIOs or big tower coolers, graphics cards and 3.5" HHDs (if you use them) are common between ATX, MATX and all but the really compact MITX builds. The difference is the MATX and ITX are much easier to grip making the weight less of an issue.

 

AGREED! 
Weight might be the same, but weight distribution changes.

It's easier to carry a 30KG small ball, compared to a 30KG  1 meter wide wood log or something.

 

Okay wow, but you get it. The further away from your body you have to grab, the harder/heavier it seems.

 

Also the doorways, stairs, and the fact that you can't see in from of you. You are SO right!