Is Moving with a PC worth it?

[piasabird]

I moved a desktop from Illinois to BYU (Utah) for my son once. We did lay it on its side to reduce ware on the CPU cooler. A little padding wouldn't hurt. Blankets would be nice.I wouldn't move one of those old tube monitors. I figure most people are using a flat screen by now. wouldn't want to hit a lot of potholes either. When you get there might want to take the side off of he ATX and make sure everything is seated and plugged in properly. Especially if you are using a retail CPU Cooler.

Those HD TV's are fun to move also.

 

[piasabird]

At this point a friend with a Pickup Truck would be nice.

 

[Hugh Jass]

Did this thread ever have a point other than being confusing as hell and kind of moronic?

 

[Blue_Max]

Did this thread ever have a point other than being confusing as hell and kind of moronic?

...and when asked for clarification we just get a " "

Does this thread mean you have a nice home desktop but need a computer for work, yet somehow your laptop is inadequate and you're debating whether to lug the tower and components back and forth every (day, week, month??)

If you have laptop there's almost NO reason to lug the tower around. Period. If you want to build a new machine, go ahead - you don't need a flimsy/fabricated reason to build one! :thumbsup:

If you need a tower at your workplace, buy/build a compy and put the lesser of the two in the office - mixing up the parts you currently have, you can probably do it super cheap if tight finances are a concern.


That's the best guess I can think of with the info given... for better advice, you're just going to have to clearly clarify what you have, what you need, why you're thinking of transporting, etc. No rolling your eyes because we can't read your mind.

 

[Meghan54]

...and when asked for clarification we just get a " "

Does this thread mean you have a nice home desktop but need a computer for work, yet somehow your laptop is inadequate and you're debating whether to lug the tower and components back and forth every (day, week, month??)

If you have laptop there's almost NO reason to lug the tower around. Period. If you want to build a new machine, go ahead - you don't need a flimsy/fabricated reason to build one! :thumbsup:

If you need a tower at your workplace, buy/build a compy and put the lesser of the two in the office - mixing up the parts you currently have, you can probably do it super cheap if tight finances are a concern.


That's the best guess I can think of with the info given... for better advice, you're just going to have to clearly clarify what you have, what you need, why you're thinking of transporting, etc. No rolling your eyes because we can't read your mind.

No, he was asking if it was worth packing his home desktop computer to move it to his new home, which is 1.5 hrs away from his old home. He's moving from one town to another.

Somehow, he spent $1K on his current desktop, which is easily upgradable by simply swapping out the cpu...don't know of many motherboards that can run an i3-2100 cpu and not be able to run a 2600k or even an IVB 3550 or something akin to that, as long as motherboard has the proper BIOS rev. and the cpu matches the mb's 1155 socket.

Nope, he'd rather lose his shirt selling his $1K desktop computer and build new.....because he's too lazy to drive 1.5 hrs. again to take it to his new home. That and because it doesn't have an SSD, an easy upgrade tons of people are making to their present computers, even without having to trash their desktop.

He's just looking for someone to tell him it's OK to do it.....wants someone to agree with his rationalization for a new build, however misguided it may be.

 

[krnmastersgt]

I personally like those kinds of semi-long drives, my daily commute patterns all take <15 minutes to get to in city streets/traffic so there's no fun in the drive

In any case as others have said just pack the thing or make a second trip. Or if all of that is too hard/tedious for you then just pack it in a box and have UPS ship it for you though I'd pack a lot of peanuts in there to keep stuff from jiggling around too much.

Don't really think taking a few classes really makes you a "techie", especially when it comes to computer repairs as the majority of most problems brought to computer shops is usually just malware, deleted windows files that can be repair installed, or hardware that needs replacing. But the hardware replacing bit is like how I see most auto mechanics work, just replace random parts till it works again and charge them for all of the above.

But if you really feel you're a qualified computer expert because a class or a piece of paper says so, all the power to you. Still doesn't make it worth to sell your computer, but if you do you should save those hard drives and the memory and just sell the parts instead of starting from scratch as you'll likely want those again anyways.

 

[Insomniator]

I dunno how you are opening a computer business if a few months ago you though 'HDD's control the speed'.

 

[smitbret]

Another reason I want to sell it is that it isnt that powerful. I wasnt that "tech" oriented 3 months ago until I took a class. Now, I repair computers for a living. Anyways, I built it with an i3-2100 with 16GB of RAM, no SSD, cheap $50 graphics card, and thought that Hard Drives controlled the speed :smack: and now have 5TB of storage .

Please, tell us the name of your business so that we can avoid it like the plague.

You say you don't want to move it and it's like pulling teeth just to get some clarification.

You say you don't have room, but it makes more sense for you to leave your $1000 computer behind than to spend $100 on renting a truck?

Now you repair computers for a living when 3 months ago you didn't even know the basics.

Is this a Troll or parody thread? There is such a huge lack of logic that I can't believe this is real

 

[ultimatebob]

Man... we ship PC's all over the world where I work with almost no problems.

It's a lot easier if you have the original manufacturer packaging, but if not just use an oversized box filled with a lot of bubble wrap.

Oh, I just want to go on record stating that most Connecticut residents aren't this lazy when it comes to moving

 

[ascalice]

Man... we ship PC's all over the world where I work with almost no problems.

It's a lot easier if you have the original manufacturer packaging, but if not just use an oversized box filled with a lot of bubble wrap.

Oh, I just want to go on record stating that most Connecticut residents aren't this lazy when it comes to moving

I would do 2 trips, but the 25+ mile backups on 95 and the Merritt from 6AM to 8PM are unbelievable.

 

[christianq2]

Did this thread ever have a point other than being confusing as hell and kind of moronic?

This ^

And ascalice, you said I was trolling in my post... :hmm:

 

[ultimatebob]

I would do 2 trips, but the 25+ mile backups on 95 and the Merritt from 6AM to 8PM are unbelievable.

So, do the trip at 9:30 when the traffic is gone

 

[MongGrel]

Is a pretty silly thread.

 

[JackMDS]

I think that at this point the Thread exceeds its Value.

Thread Closed.