How to ship my Rig (Moving from UK to USA)

[Holford]

Hey guys,

 

So in the coming months, my wife and I are moving from London, England to Austin, Texas.

 

While super excited about the move (hurrah for relatively cheaper tech!), I'm more than mildly concerned about the shipping of my current rig.

 

You can see the pictures of the internals over in the link in my sig, but the crux of it is as such:

 

• Corsair Air 540 Case
   
• Corsair H110i GT Water Cooler
   
• MSI GTX 970 Twin Frozr GPU
   
• x1 WD Green drive, x1 WD Black drive
   
• x1 Intel 535 SSD, x1 Samsung EVO 850 SSD
   

My two main thoughts at the moment are to either send this rig over in pieces (I've most of the original components boxes), or to pack the chasis with cardboard and non-conductive padding, and ship it over as is (with the HDDs in some sort of shock proof box separately).

 

Like I said, I'm at a loss here, and any advice would be amazing!

 

Cheers all,

 

Justin

[LokiFire]

Ummm stuff is cheaper here, good luck with that.

[Sack]

I say pluck out the HDDs and GPU pack that in something padded, the rest of the computer should be fine as is.

[skatblast]

ship the GPU and HDD seperately

[wolfsbane3083]

Box it in the case box and then buy/build a wooden crate to put it in with a least 3 inches of foam/peanuts between the box and crate. Put this way up labels so that the gpu is up and the mobo is on the bottom. If you want to make doubly sure it stays the right way up (everyone ignores up arrows) strap it to a slightly larger pallet. And finally, shipping insurance. It's gonna cost a bomb but at least you'll be covered.

 

I know this sounds overkill but believe me, shipping is a lot rougher than anyone who hasn't work in the industry can imagine.

[poker1059]

Styrofoam padding inside.

[BrinkGG]

Hey guys,

 

So in the coming months, my wife and I are moving from London, England to Austin, Texas.

 

While super excited about the move (hurrah for relatively cheaper tech!), I'm more than mildly concerned about the shipping of my current rig.

 

You can see the pictures of the internals over in the link in my sig, but the crux of it is as such:

 

• Corsair Air 540 Case

   

• Corsair H110i GT Water Cooler

   

• MSI GTX 970 Twin Frozr GPU

   

• x1 WD Green drive, x1 WD Black drive

   

• x1 Intel 535 SSD, x1 Samsung EVO 850 SSD

   

My two main thoughts at the moment are to either send this rig over in pieces (I've most of the original components boxes), or to pack the chasis with cardboard and non-conductive padding, and ship it over as is (with the HDDs in some sort of shock proof box separately).

 

Like I said, I'm at a loss here, and any advice would be amazing!

 

Cheers all,

 

Justin

Tall air coolers, GPUs and HDDs are the three things you will want to take out and pack separately. (I know only two apply, but for reference,,,) 

[johnny5c]

If you want the best protection I'd consider building a crate around the cardboard Corsair box, or at least a exo style one to protect the corners from getting crushed.  I ship a lot of high-dollar automotive computer components for my work and IMO it's worth the time and recycling shipping pallets provides free wood.

[Guest]

Box it in the case box and then buy/build a wooden crate to put it in with a least 3 inches of foam/peanuts between the box and crate. Put this way up labels so that the gpu is up and the mobo is on the bottom. If you want to make doubly sure it stays the right way up (everyone ignores up arrows) strap it to a slightly larger pallet. And finally, shipping insurance. It's gonna cost a bomb but at least you'll be covered.

I know this sounds overkill but believe me, shipping is a lot rougher than anyone who hasn't work in the industry can imagine.

This guy knows what he's talking about.