Is this anti static bag necessary?

[Siddhant Mishra]

I am buying an used gpu the person has no anti static bag ... that thing has to travel like 500-600 miles .. so will it be safe .. the person says that he’ll wrap it in sponge ?? Or bubble wrap ...

[Slottr]

No its not

[Siddhant Mishra]

Just now, Slottr said:

No its not

So I said him use a bubble wrap and place it in. A shoe box.. will that be good?

[aisle9]

42 minutes ago, Siddhant Mishra said:

So I said him use a bubble wrap and place it in. A shoe box.. will that be good?

This could go one of two ways. If he wraps it tightly and uses lots of bubble wrap to ensure that it's adequately padded, then uses foam, packing peanuts or bubble pack to stuff the shoebox so that it's firm and the sides can't be pressed in before finally covering the entire shoebox in packing tape to make sure it can't be punched right through (shoeboxes are very thin and flimsy), you're probably good.

 

If he doesn't do all that, there's a good chance you're boned. If it's even close to an expensive GPU, I would tell him to use a more suitable shipping box. If he's US based, he can get free Priority Mail shipping boxes from his local post office.

[Bananasplit_00]

Not a fan of direct contact between PCB and bubble wrap but if it doesn't rub a lot it should be OK. I haven't had anything die when shipped to me like that but an anti static bag is always the best option when shipping exposed PCBs 

[Siddhant Mishra]

4 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Not a fan of direct contact between PCB and bubble wrap but if it doesn't rub a lot it should be OK. I haven't had anything die when shipped to me like that but an anti static bag is always the best option when shipping exposed PCBs 

Gpu Has a backplate

[Siddhant Mishra]

2 minutes ago, Siddhant Mishra said:

Gpu Has a backplate

 

33 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

This could go one of two ways. If he wraps it tightly and uses lots of bubble wrap to ensure that it's adequately padded, then uses foam, packing peanuts or bubble pack to stuff the shoebox so that it's firm and the sides can't be pressed in before finally covering the entire shoebox in packing tape to make sure it can't be punched right through (shoeboxes are very thin and flimsy), you're probably good.

 

If he doesn't do all that, there's a good chance you're boned. If it's even close to an expensive GPU, I would tell him to use a more suitable shipping box. If he's US based, he can get free Priority Mail shipping boxes from his local post office.

It’s an rx 580. 

[Tamesh16]

1 minute ago, Siddhant Mishra said:

Gpu Has a backplate

some plastics can develop a charge especially if touching the right material, so thats why there is anti static bags, however, i would say that if the person wraps it in a bit of paper/cardboard first (most common non conductive thing) , it will be fine, 

otherwise, i would more be worried that mail doesnt throw it down a cliff 

trust me they can be very rough with boxes at times , so pack well, and avoid any form of shifting

[Siddhant Mishra]

5 minutes ago, Tamesh16 said:

some plastics can develop a charge especially if touching the right material, so thats why there is anti static bags, however, i would say that if the person wraps it in a bit of paper/cardboard first (most common non conductive thing) , it will be fine, 

otherwise, i would more be worried that mail doesnt throw it down a cliff 

trust me they can be very rough with boxes at times , so pack well, and avoid any form of shifting

Ok so well wrapped in newspaper followed by bubble wrap.  Considering this if the mail dudes handle it slightly rough will it be fine?

[NineEyeRon]

32 minutes ago, Siddhant Mishra said:

 

It’s an rx 580. 

I literally shipped a similer GPU, the 300 version, without a bag.

 

I packed it well with leftover amazon packing and it got there just fine and worked.

[Quadriplegic]

Paper works well as a substitute to anti static bag