[SOLVED] How dangerous is it to transport a pc

[Samonato]

I have a pc but I also have 2 houses. I know it is dangerous to transport a pc sometimes but is there a way that I could transport a pc by car with the gpu and everything not being damaged. If anyone can help that would be great but I need some way to bring a relatively small pc from one house to another.

 

[USAFRet]

The life of a PC, from construction to your living room:

Factory -> conveyor belt -> forklift -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> forklift -> shipping container -> ship -> ocean -> big giant forklift thing to grab the shipping container -> ground -> forklift -> truck -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> Newegg warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> distro warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> local UPS center -> forklift -> truck all day in the summer heat (or winter cold) -> UPS guy drops it (literally) on your porch.

And you're worried about a couple of miles in the back of the car?
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Just be careful with it.

 

[WildCard999]

I transport mine in the passenger front seat upwards buckled up. The GPU nor CPU cooler is heavy though but as long as your careful there should be no issues.

 

[Samonato]

The life of a PC, from construction to your living room:

Factory -> conveyor belt -> forklift -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> forklift -> shipping container -> ship -> ocean -> big giant forklift thing to grab the shipping container -> ground -> forklift -> truck -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> Newegg warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> distro warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> local UPS center -> forklift -> truck all day in the summer heat (or winter cold) -> UPS guy drops it (literally) on your porch.

And you're worried about a couple of miles in the back of the car?
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Just be careful with it.

My only question is the hard drive, I understand it moved alot but I’ve heard since it’s screwed in the vibration can sometimes mess it up. Because the packaging on them is sometimes crazy

 

[mdd1963]

If possible, lie it flat on it's 'mainboard down' side, with a thick pillow or 2 blankets underneath where GPU(if applicable) and heatsink weight (like if a colossal cooler like a Noctua) are not an issue...

A couple of bumps in the road with it powered off and transported as above are nothing to fret over...

 

[ThatVietGuy]

My desktop went from New Jersey to California in the trunk of my car with all internals connected and nothing happened.

You're overthinking things. Make sure the computer is strapped down and not flopping all over the place.

 

[USAFRet]

My only question is the hard drive, I understand it moved alot but I’ve heard since it’s screwed in the vibration can sometimes mess it up. Because the packaging on them is sometimes crazy

Unless you drop the PC from chest height onto concrete, it will be fine.

Seriously..how do you think a prebuilt PC ends up on the shelf at BestBuy?