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9 minutes ago, JoranC123 said:

Hi guys,

 

I have a H100i watercooling(closed loop) and i will be needing to transport weekly , this means 52 times a year , is this advisable? Yes why? , No why?

 

This is because i move weekly from my home and girlfriend, i hope you guys can help me.

You can as long as you are careful.  I would buy some thick foam blocks and cut them to fit in between large spaces in the case to eliminate stuff moving should you hit a bump, case move while in transit, etc.  

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If cooler is mounted like it should no problem on that part. Cus no overhanging stuff.
I would check if i could boost the sturdy-ness of the GPU tho.

Or just take it out altogether. (altho i wouldn't wanna do that every week it might wear, altho unlikely).

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4 minutes ago, Zmax said:

I would buy a laptop.

I got a laptop but its a notebook , my gaming pc has dual gpu gtx970 and i7-4790k so buying a laptop that spec is pretty expensive

 

 

45 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

You can as long as you are careful.  I would buy some thick foam blocks and cut them to fit in between large spaces in the case to eliminate stuff moving should you hit a bump, case move while in transit, etc.  

Yes i was thinking the same ,thank you!

 

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Liquid cooler with a mounted radiator is much safer to travel around than a heatsink, I assume you don't mean flying with the thing then you are completely fiine.

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Prolly the safest solution to transport. I wouldn’t even think anything about it. Just move it. 

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22 hours ago, JoranC123 said:

Hi guys,

 

I have a H100i watercooling(closed loop) and i will be needing to transport weekly , this means 52 times a year , is this advisable? Yes why? , No why?

 

This is because i move weekly from my home and girlfriend, i hope you guys can help me.

The AIO wont be an issue at all.

 

The GPU however will require some support to stop it from constantly flexing at the PCi-E connection. Stuff some foam padding inside the case to support it and all should be fine.

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2 hours ago, SolarNova said:

The AIO wont be an issue at all.

 

The GPU however will require some support to stop it from constantly flexing at the PCi-E connection. Stuff some foam padding inside the case to support it and all should be fine.

Yep will do that.

2 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

Prolly the safest solution to transport. I wouldn’t even think anything about it. Just move it. 

What?

3 hours ago, For Science! said:

Liquid cooler with a mounted radiator is much safer to travel around than a heatsink, I assume you don't mean flying with the thing then you are completely fiine.

Thanks guys its a 20 minute drive so its not that much but still better be safe than sorry , i have 2 hard drives in raid 1 so data is probably safe.

 

 

 

Its a temporary fix until i can buy a second pc

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1 minute ago, JoranC123 said:

What?

It’s the safest  solution to transport....

context, cooling solution=solution. 

 

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