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few questions about taking pc overseas

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dixon

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kay..here's the question:
i have a fairly new rig consisting of an antec 900 and p6t mobo with i7 and a huge noctua heatsink, is it safe to ship the computer without taking it apart?
if i do need to take it apart what parts can i leave in the case?
 
It's safe but fill it with ammonium nitrate fertilizer before you ship it to pad the internals. Also put in a small bottle of diesel fuel to absorb moisture.
 
does the airline even allow you to put those stuff in it?and i was a bit worried because i thought that the huge heatsink could give a lot of stress to the mobo
ps:using the case's box to take it probably
 
already bought the system and laptop doesn't cut it for the solidworks and matlab i do+some gaming of course
 
Originally posted by: dixon
does the airline even allow you to put those stuff in it?and i was a bit worried because i thought that the huge heatsink could give a lot of stress to the mobo
ps:using the case's box to take it probably
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He was not being serious.
 
yeah my sarcasm meter was and still is broken haha if i take off the heatsink do i need to take off the cpu too or just leave it on the mobo
 
are you sure the foam will not allow any stress on the mobo?the hsf itself weighs more than 1kg i assume(very heavy on my hands when i installed it)
 
Originally posted by: dixon
are you sure the foam will not allow any stress on the mobo?the hsf itself weighs more than 1kg i assume(very heavy on my hands when i installed it)
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1kg??
anyways..take it out along with the hard drives and package them separately.
I would just wrap it heavily in bubble wrap.
 
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
It's safe but fill it with ammonium nitrate fertilizer before you ship it to pad the internals. Also put in a small bottle of diesel fuel to absorb moisture.
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lol
 
Originally posted by: dixon
already bought the system and laptop doesn't cut it for the solidworks and matlab i do+some gaming of course
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What are you trying to do with solidworks? Any decent laptop made in the last 2-3 with non-integrated graphics will be able to handle a moderately complicated part.

Matlab, any dual core system would be fine.

I say this because I use NX and MATLAB on a Core Duo T2500 with 4GB ram and an ATI X1300 with 128mb dedicated.
 
lol yes. foam🙂

if you are thinking about shipping it in the antec case box u are nuts. boxes for cases are meant to protect empty metal shells, which are only vulnerable to dents, and care little about shocks. so the padding necessary for shipping a case esp with a pc not specifically designed to survive shipping=big big box.

 
Originally posted by: drinkmorejava
Originally posted by: dixon
already bought the system and laptop doesn't cut it for the solidworks and matlab i do+some gaming of course
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What are you trying to do with solidworks? Any decent laptop made in the last 2-3 with non-integrated graphics will be able to handle a moderately complicated part.

Matlab, any dual core system would be fine.

I say this because I use NX and MATLAB on a Core Duo T2500 with 4GB ram and an ATI X1300 with 128mb dedicated.
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i basically multitask a lot (itunes mozilla with 12 tabs, wow in the background etc)which requires a lot of ram and the vga of laptops doesn't really cut it for gaming at 1920x1200
 
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
lol yes. foam🙂

if you are thinking about shipping it in the antec case box u are nuts. boxes for cases are meant to protect empty metal shells, which are only vulnerable to dents, and care little about shocks. so the padding necessary for shipping a case esp with a pc not specifically designed to survive shipping=big big box.
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what if i fill the empty parts of the case's box with pieces of styrofoam and fill the inside of the case with foam will it be okay?
(of course with the heatsink, harddisk, dvd drive, and maybe the vga card taken out)
 
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