How to bring parts purchased in the US to India

[schowdhuri]

I will be in the US for a couple of weeks next month. I thought this would be a good opportunity to get some used hardware (not available in India) and complete my long pending system build. I have all the hardware planned out, waiting in my NewEgg and eBay cart. Then, I got thinking about the implications of getting the stuff back to India. As far as I can tell, my options are:

1. Carry as part of my checked luggage on my return flight
2. Ship it to India via Fedex(?)

The hardware in question:

1. Processor (Used; $170)
2. 8x8GB DDR3 RAM (Used; $130)
3. Motherboard (New; $300)
4. Graphics card (Used; $160)

This is for personal use alone. I want to figure out a way to avoid any problems at TSA and minimize import duties (this isn't meant for commercial purposes; will I have to declare?). Any advice would be appreciated.

PS:
1. If anyone is curious, my build is Dual Xeon 2670, 64GB DDR3 ECC, AsRock EP2C602, GTA960
2. This is my first post after years of lurking on this forum

 

[010010]

I will be in the US for a couple of weeks next month. I thought this would be a good opportunity to get some used hardware (not available in India) and complete my long pending system build. I have all the hardware planned out, waiting in my NewEgg and eBay cart. Then, I got thinking about the implications of getting the stuff back to India. As far as I can tell, my options are:

1. Carry as part of my checked luggage on my return flight
2. Ship it to India via Fedex(?)

The hardware in question:

1. Processor (Used; $170)
2. 8x8GB DDR3 RAM (Used; $130)
3. Motherboard (New; $300)
4. Graphics card (Used; $160)

This is for personal use alone. I want to figure out a way to avoid any problems at TSA and minimize import duties (this isn't meant for commercial purposes; will I have to declare?). Any advice would be appreciated.

PS:
1. If anyone is curious, my build is Dual Xeon 2670, 64GB DDR3 ECC, AsRock EP2C602, GTA960
2. This is my first post after years of lurking on this forum

Is this for a server? If not then you don't want ECC RAM.

 

[ss202sl]

"will I have to declare?"

That's a question for someone(lawyer) in India

 

[schowdhuri]

Is this for a server? If not then you don't want ECC RAM.

It is not for a server. And yes, I don't _need_ ECC. But I got a sweet deal on decommissioned ECC memory. 64 GB for about $100 is darn good bang for buck!

 

[010010]

I will be in the US for a couple of weeks next month. I thought this would be a good opportunity to get some used hardware (not available in India) and complete my long pending system build. I have all the hardware planned out, waiting in my NewEgg and eBay cart. Then, I got thinking about the implications of getting the stuff back to India. As far as I can tell, my options are:

1. Carry as part of my checked luggage on my return flight
2. Ship it to India via Fedex(?)

The hardware in question:

1. Processor (Used; $170)
2. 8x8GB DDR3 RAM (Used; $130)
3. Motherboard (New; $300)
4. Graphics card (Used; $160)

This is for personal use alone. I want to figure out a way to avoid any problems at TSA and minimize import duties (this isn't meant for commercial purposes; will I have to declare?). Any advice would be appreciated.

PS:
1. If anyone is curious, my build is Dual Xeon 2670, 64GB DDR3 ECC, AsRock EP2C602, GTA960
2. This is my first post after years of lurking on this forum

Is this for a server? If not then you don't want ECC RAM.

It is not for a server. And yes, I don't _need_ ECC. But I got a sweet deal on decommissioned ECC memory. 64 GB for about $100 is darn good bang for buck!

It is a good deal, but it won't work. This is like buying a car to swim. It will probably not even boot.

 

[schowdhuri]

It is a good deal, but it won't work. This is like buying a car to swim. It will probably not even boot.

Sorry, I am no expert, but it appears that the motherboard does support ECC memory [1]. Also, someone completed this exact build [2]. Did I miss something?

[1] http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=EP2C602#Specifications
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS2dEEn9-dI

 

[010010]

It is a good deal, but it won't work. This is like buying a car to swim. It will probably not even boot.

Sorry, I am no expert, but it appears that the motherboard does support ECC memory [1]. Also, someone completed this exact build [2]. Did I miss something?

[1] http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=EP2C602#Specifications
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS2dEEn9-dI

It does support it. But 8GB of Non-ECC RAM would be just as good, if not miles better, than 64GB ECC for the intended purpose.