Car travel

[laminutederire]

Hi guys,

I'm moving my pc soon for a 4hours car ride. I was wondering what are the recommendations to ensure the pc won't break during the ride!

So far I thought of leaving it assembled, but putting it in the case box to benefit from its protection. Does that sound safe enough?

[Gaged]

3 minutes ago, laminutederire said:

Hi guys,

I'm moving my pc soon for a 4hours car ride. I was wondering what are the recommendations to ensure the pc won't break during the ride!

So far I thought of leaving it assembled, but putting it in the case box to benefit from its protection. Does that sound safe enough?

Maybe put foam/bubble wrap around it in the box.

[saladcrack]

I would lay it on it's side so the mobo is horizontal so the GPU does bounce up and down and wobble as much as it would if the pc was vertical.  But yeah some of those boxes are designed to be transported with fully built systems in them but still don't go jumping or rolling the car lol

[Miguel Batista]

I moved mine twice now. I usually take out the GPU and the HDD to avoid scratching and that is it.

[laminutederire]

1 hour ago, Gaged said:

Maybe put foam/bubble wrap around it in the box.

I still have the foam from the case box

 

1 hour ago, Miguel Batista said:

 

Scratching? 

 

1 hour ago, Gamessys said:

 

Mobo already is horizontal in the case, it's a mini-ITX system.

1 hour ago, Quibiss said:

 

So GPU out especially if it's close to many things since it's a mini itx in a small case with everything compressed in 20L?

Thanks guys for your help!

Could there be issues with the cpu cooler since it's damn heavy?

[Jimmy Ha]

Just put it in a box (if you still keep your case's box then it's good) with some protection foam and you will be fine.

[laminutederire]

Just now, Jimmy Ha said:

Just put it in a box (if you still keep your case's box then it's good) with some protection foam and you will be fine.

Protection inside or outside the case?

[Jimmy Ha]

Just now, laminutederire said:

Protection inside or outside the case?

Inside, but if you can wrap it outside then do it, it will add some extra protection but I think the inside is much more important

[laminutederire]

6 minutes ago, Jimmy Ha said:

Inside, but if you can wrap it outside then do it, it will add some extra protection but I think the inside is much more important

I'll have to find antistatic foam then!

Thanks.

[Godlygamer23]

13 minutes ago, laminutederire said:

I'll have to find antistatic foam then!

Thanks.

I don't think it's entirely necessary to do that, but if you want maximum protection, ESD foam is the better way to go.

[laminutederire]

6 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I don't think it's entirely necessary to do that, but if you want maximum protection, ESD foam is the better way to go.

I probably won't,  no vendor can provide me with some before I leave in 3 days

[Bouzoo]

I moved it a bunch of times without any special protection, always just put it behind the front seats, not a single issue whatsoever. 

[samcool55]

If the motherboard is mounted horizontal and not vertical like it usually is you don't have to worry so much about the gpu.

 

You can always put the case in its original box if you still have that.

Also make sure the case/box is secure, you don't want it to move around all over the place. 

 

I always put a seatbelt around my case, call me stupid but it helped multiple times keeping it in place during a tight corner or hard braking.

[laminutederire]

19 hours ago, samcool55 said:

If the motherboard is mounted horizontal and not vertical like it usually is you don't have to worry so much about the gpu.

 

You can always put the case in its original box if you still have that.

Also make sure the case/box is secure, you don't want it to move around all over the place. 

 

I always put a seatbelt around my case, call me stupid but it helped multiple times keeping it in place during a tight corner or hard braking.

It will be between suitcases, and bags and everything

19 hours ago, Bouzoo said:

I moved it a bunch of times without any special protection, always just put it behind the front seats, not a single issue whatsoever. 

Reassuring

 

Thank you all for your help, I think I have everything covered now!

[michaelocarroll007]

22 hours ago, Bouzoo said:

I moved it a bunch of times without any special protection, always just put it behind the front seats, not a single issue whatsoever. 

Same Usually lay it in the seat never had a problem best bet take anything that could move a lot like the GPU and put it back into its box. Its not like the computers dell sends you or bestbuy sells have any special things done either 

[laminutederire]

48 minutes ago, michaelocarroll007 said:

Same Usually lay it in the seat never had a problem best bet take anything that could move a lot like the GPU and put it back into its box. Its not like the computers dell sends you or bestbuy sells have any special things done either 

Yeah but I haven't built dell builds

[Purgent]

Buckle it into your front seat, or wedge it in the floor area behind your front seats.  I have done this countless times and never had an issue. 

[michaelocarroll007]

41 minutes ago, laminutederire said:

Yeah but I haven't built dell builds

My point was that If a dell can be thrown around from tractor trailer  to local trucks and such and best buys being thrown around in a tractor trailer to the stores then driven home. I really don't personally think any crazy caution is needed Besides some obvious Small stuff. 

[TopDollar]

On ‎8‎/‎28‎/‎2016 at 10:24 AM, Bouzoo said:

I moved it a bunch of times without any special protection, always just put it behind the front seats, not a single issue whatsoever. 

That's all I have ever done as well

[kaiju_wars]

All I've ever done was remove the GPU and put that in it's original box, then I buckle down the computer itself so it doesn't slide around and shit.

[BOT Edward]

Take the GPU out and the CPU Heatsink if its a large air cooler, dont want to be putting stress on a small surface area of the mobo dude