GPU Shipping

[ValanceAu]

I want to sell my barely used 2060 Graphics card but I have no idea how shipping works and what I should put into the box to protect it.

 

- I know longer have the original box

- I live in Australia if that helps and I plan to ship with AusPost

 

Thanks

 

 

PS. Redirect me if there is a dedicated section.

[nOm nom NOM3]

Generally you want to put it in an antistatic bag if you have one, then wrap it with bubble wrap. 

most of the used hardware shipped to me (from various ebay vendors) came to me in an antistatic bag and a ball of bubble wrap, in a box. 

 

I actually just got a bare PCB 3080 10G shipped to me wrapped first in paper towels, then in bubble wrap, then in about 7 USPS bubble wrap envelopes. it made it to me just fine and works great. 

 

Its probably better to have the OEM foam/box but if not you should be good to just do bubble wrap and ideally an antistatic bag. as always with shipping ymmv

[Ripred]

If you still have the anti static bag it came with originally put it in that, if not any anti static plastic from other components will be fine, beyond that just wrap it in good bubble wrap atleast an inch thick all the way round incase it gets bumped around

[ValanceAu]

1 minute ago, lotus10101 said:

If you still have the anti static bag it came with originally put it in that, if not any anti static plastic from other components will be fine, beyond that just wrap it in good bubble wrap atleast an inch thick all the way round incase it gets bumped around

Thanks, I don't have any anti-static bags, and no stores around me sell them, is there something instead I can use. 

[Ripred]

9 minutes ago, ValanceAu said:

Thanks, I don't have any anti-static bags, and no stores around me sell them, is there something instead I can use. 

hmmm, You said your selling your 2060, did you get another card? possibly could use that plastic

if no anti static at all best you can do is make sure the bubble wrap is tight around it and it all fits snugly into the box you use for shipping, the less it moves around the less static generated

And short shipping times, no long duration air flights

[ValanceAu]

2 minutes ago, lotus10101 said:

hmmm, You said your selling your 2060, did you get another card? possibly could use that plastic

if no anti static at all best you can do is make sure the bubble wrap is tight around it and it all fits snugly into the box you use for shipping, the less it moves around the less static generated

And short shipping times, no long duration air flights

The new one gets to me in about a month and I need to ship this one in a week or two but thanks, ill see if any of my mates have one, if not I guess ill make it suffocate  Thanks

[Coaxialgamer]

Ideally you want to use an antistatic bag (those clear-ish plastic sleeves the cards were wrapped in) to ship anything senstive like that (though I have actually shipped and received hardware that wasn't in an ESD bag multiple times without issue, but I guess your mileage may vary). Once that's done, you just want to pack it like any other fragile object: use plenty of bubble wrap, newspaper and/or foam to cushion any blows the box may suffer while in transit and ship.