Transporting PC on a train :/

[Mr_Spanky]

Sup'

So, I'll me moving soon and I need to bring my PC with me. But what's the safest way?

 

- The train journey is 4 hours and I was thinking of having my PC in a suitcase wrapped by a blanket and clothes to almost cushion it. Is this a good idea?

- Do you recommend I unplug the GPU also? I could put it into it's original box also in the suitcase

- Note I don not have any other boxes or packing materials

 

Thank you so much!

[Charcoal_]

If you have a Skylake CPU and an aftermarket cooler, take off the cooler.

[SeanAngelo]

Sup'

So, I'll me moving soon and I need to bring my PC with me. But what's the safest way?

 

- The train journey is 4 hours and I was thinking of having my PC in a suitcase wrapped by a blanket and clothes to almost cushion it. Is this a good idea?

- Do you recommend I unplug the GPU also? I could put it into it's original box also in the suitcase

- Note I don not have any other boxes or packing materials

 

Thank you so much!

Get bubble wrap

remove the GPU

remove the cooler if it's a big heatsink

wrap the GPU in bubble wrap

wrap the heatsink in bubble wrap

wrap the tower with bubble wrap

put all in suitcase

 

DONE.

[Mr_Spanky]

If you have a Skylake CPU and an aftermarket cooler, take off the cooler.

Cooler is Corsair H100i

[Charcoal_]

Cooler is Corsair H100i

 

But is it a skylake CPU?

[Mr_Spanky]

But is it a skylake CPU?

No, sorry. It's a Haswell i5 4690K.

[Guest]

Take the PC as it is.
Don't unplug anything if you really don't have to.
Moved my PC from Portsmouth to London and it was all fine.
But it was seated right next to on the car and had it's own seatbelt, cus why not.
But if you GPU is abit on the large side, I wouldn't risk it and unplug it.

Padding really is usless if used inside the case. Nothing really is goign to move so much that padding is going to help, if it moves that much the it's 90% dead.

[Charcoal_]

No, sorry. It's a Haswell i5 4690K.

Then you're fine for the cooler to be left on.

[Mr_Spanky]

Take the PC as it is.

Don't unplug anything if you really don't have to.

Moved my PC from Portsmouth to London and it was all fine.

But it was seated right next to on the car and had it's own seatbelt, cus why not.

But if you GPU is abit on the large side, I wouldn't risk it and unplug it.

Padding really is usless if used inside the case. Nothing really is goign to move so much that padding is going to help, if it moves that much the it's 90% dead.

That's fair enough if I was going by car, but I only have the option to go by train

GPU is quite big, it's a Gigabyte 980ti G1

[Naeaes]

Yup. Take out the GPU or find something non-static to support it. If the HDDs are in those toolless mounts, support them too. No need to take them out or anything. A non-operating HDD can take more G-forces than you can, but make sure they won't come loose and break other components. Let the system sit for a few hours in room temperature before powering it up just to make sure there's no condensation.

[Sauron]

Remove the gpu and the cpu cooler, you won't need to worry about anything else - shock protection will only make sure the case doesn't get scrathced or bumbed, the components inside aren't at risk.

[TetraSky]

But is it a skylake CPU?

Excuse me, but why does it matter if it's a skylake cpu? Did they change anything to the mounting system with that new socket?

[comefightme]

The

 

Excuse me, but what does it matter if it's a skylake cpu? Did they change anything to the mounting system with that new socket?

 pcb of the cpu itself is thinner than previous generations making it fragile. goddammit intel

[Guest]

Excuse me, but why does it matter if it's a skylake cpu? Did they change anything to the mounting system with that new socket?

Bend things, even if it doesn't it means it's less strong at least.

[TetraSky]

The

 

 pcb of the cpu itself is thinner than previous generations making it fragile. goddammit intel

Ah right, I do remember now hearing about that. Just didn't know it was a thing when transporting the system, only that if you tighted the cooler too hard...

Thanks for enlightening me on this.

[Guest]

That's fair enough if I was going by car, but I only have the option to go by train

GPU is quite big, it's a Gigabyte 980ti G1

Are you carrying it? It throwing it in the luggage section?

If you are putting it in the luggage section, then...

May god say your soul, train luggage management is worse than airport ones.

[Sack]

Use blankets if you're worried about scratching the case, remove the GPU if it's on the big side, and just be careful with it.

[Mr_Spanky]

Are you carrying it? It throwing it in the luggage section?

If you are putting it in the luggage section, then...

May god say your soul, train luggage management is worse than airport ones.

No I won't be carrying the suitcase haha.

Yeah i'll be in First Class however, just hope nobody slams it or breaks it I'll be sure to put it into a convenient place.

[Guest]

No I won't be carrying the suitcase haha.

Yeah i'll be in First Class however, just hope nobody slams it or breaks it I'll be sure to put it into a convenient place.

Good luck to you my brother, may your fps be high and your temps low...

[NumLock21]

Can't you put it in the overhead compartment

[-iSynthesis]

That's fair enough if I was going by car, but I only have the option to go by train

GPU is quite big, it's a Gigabyte 980ti G1

I don't know which kind of trains you have over there but the ones i've traveled on gave off almost no vibration. In a car you break, accelerate. I would classify that as a lot more dangerous than on a train.