Safe To Fly With PC?

[BobbyVandenAvond]

 

Hello, I plan on traveling home for a month, and I really want to bring me PC that I built with me. (Thank you Linus by the way, your channel helped me build my first computer in February) My PC has a Kraken 62 on it and I was wondering if I needed to worry about pressure at altitude. I was also wondering if you think the stock box and foam for the case would be enough padding. I have a S340 Elite, or would putting those air bags inside the case also be a good idea. I will be looking forward to a response and your welcome for the video idea.  

[Skiiwee29]

This is similar, but its a ground shipment instead of air travelling, but I think the same methods would still apply.

 

 

 

[mrzoltowski]

So, remember gasses compress/decompress, liquids don't (technically speaking). Most airline passenger planes cargo holds do not get pressurised, so at 35,000 feet gas EXPANDS. Now in an AIO you would hope that there is very little air in the loop, so it should be safe enough to transport. It depends on what sort of tolerances there are. The plastic tubing should also be able to expand very slightly if things get a bit bloated. Technically speaking there shouldn't be too much of an issue.

[Bananasplit_00]

AIO should be fine, i would take out the GPU and take that separatly and then shove a pillow in the case and close it off and shove it in the box it came in.

[BobbyVandenAvond]

All your Ideas have been helpful, so thank you. I am also surprised Paul made a video on this. Great timing. 

[mrzoltowski]

1 minute ago, BobbyVandenAvond said:

All your Ideas have been helpful, so thank you. I am also surprised Paul made a video on this. Great timing. 

Good luck!

[Syntaxvgm]

GPU in different box so it doesn't break off in slot. 

put your AIO in a different box. It could explode. Shouldn't, but clould. CLEAN THE THERMAL COMPOUND OFF!

TBH I'm more scared of the TSA's reaction to sending a PC through checked than a gun, since they see guns all the time. 

Also, pad it better. They WILL throw it. 

[DocSwag]

1 hour ago, mrzoltowski said:

So, remember gasses compress/decompress, liquids don't (technically speaking). Most airline passenger planes cargo holds do not get pressurised, so at 35,000 feet gas EXPANDS. Now in an AIO you would hope that there is very little air in the loop, so it should be safe enough to transport. It depends on what sort of tolerances there are. The plastic tubing should also be able to expand very slightly if things get a bit bloated. Technically speaking there shouldn't be too much of an issue.

I'm not sure on this, but if the rubber tubing expands due to lower pressure outside the liquid inside could boil if the pressure is low enough. I think.

[mrzoltowski]

14 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

I'm not sure on this, but if the rubber tubing expands due to lower pressure outside the liquid inside could boil if the pressure is low enough. I think.

At 35,000 feet air pressure is 23.591 kiloPascals, for water to boil at 7c (cargo hold temp) the pressure would have to be 1 kiloPascal, the plane would have to travel at 120,000 feet for water to boil at 7c. No man made plane has made it past 75,000 feet.

[Lord Nicoll]

1 hour ago, mrzoltowski said:

So, remember gasses compress/decompress, liquids don't (technically speaking). Most airline passenger planes cargo holds do not get pressurised, so at 35,000 feet gas EXPANDS. Now in an AIO you would hope that there is very little air in the loop, so it should be safe enough to transport. It depends on what sort of tolerances there are. The plastic tubing should also be able to expand very slightly if things get a bit bloated. Technically speaking there shouldn't be too much of an issue.

it can be very cold, the liquid might freeze, while usually it uses something similar to antifreeze, that can still freeze at the altitudes. 

[DocSwag]

2 minutes ago, mrzoltowski said:

At 35,000 feet air pressure is 23.591 kiloPascals, for water to boil at 7c (cargo hold temp) the pressure would have to be 1 kiloPascal, the plane would have to travel at 120,000 feet for water to boil at 7c. No man made plane has made it past 75,000 feet.

Welp, I guess that's not a concern then.

 

Unless a torpedo hits the plane and sends it flying upwards to 120,000 feet, though you'd probably have bigger worries if that happened.

[DocSwag]

Just now, Lord Nicoll said:

it can be very cold, the liquid might freeze, while usually it uses something similar to antifreeze, that can still freeze at the altitudes. 

Pressure is also lower tho, lowering the freezing temp.

[mrzoltowski]

Just now, Lord Nicoll said:

it can be very cold, the liquid might freeze, while usually it uses something similar to antifreeze, that can still freeze at the altitudes. 

Boeing planes don't drop below 7c

[Lord Nicoll]

1 minute ago, mrzoltowski said:

Boeing planes don't drop below 7c

well that's sorta ok then, there is still rough handling to consider, but most cargo holds on Boeing and Airbus are pressurised, Airbus seems to go down to 5°C but that is still well above the roughly -20°C I expect the liquid to freeze at.

[yathis]

That is very interesting, never thought about liquid cooling and shipping.

Best to take out the water