How to ship a computer

[TechAZ]

Has anyone shipped one? I'm fixing one up for my brother who lives 2k miles away and wondering if anyone has experience doing this.

I plan on putting it in a box surrounding it with foam. Should I be packing the inside of the computer case with foam or something? Will the GPU be safe from a bumpy travel? I figured manufacturers ship these assembled so I should be ok, but not sure if I'm missing something that I should think about.

 

[RelaxTheMind]

depends. if its a stock cpu cooler i would but if its one of those big aftermarket ones i would remove it first.

 

[Mermaidman]

depends. if its a stock cpu cooler i would but if its one of those big aftermarket ones i would remove it first.

This. Please don't ask me how I know.

 

[rudeguy]

1)pay to have the UPS store pack it for you

2)When they break it, collect the money for insurance claim

3) PROFIT!

 

[arkcom]

Use the box the case came in.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Spray the entire case with expanding foam. Nothing in there is gonna move.

With the size of today's heat sinks I'd definitely try to find a way to secure it to the case so it's not just the cpu socket holding it. You could ship it flat but you have to put your trust in the shippers to actually follow the "this side up" arrows and from what I've hard some shippers can be pretty rough with packages.

 

[bigrash]

Use the box the case came in.

That's what I did in the past.

 

[DesiPower]

get a cheap blanket from Anna's Lenin, cheaper then packaging foam and stuff... I am sure your brother can use it in the winter. GPU should be fine, its pretty secure even if its big. but yeah, if you have big aftermarket cooler or liquid cooler, I would take of those...