Shipping a computer - Instapak question

[bluntey]

Has anyone used these for inside of their computer case before shipping it? The smallest size I could find was 18" X 18". The inside of my case is smaller than that, it measures at 14" X 11". Should it still be okay to use the 18X18? Do these bags stop expanding when it reaches the max size of the case?

Heres a link to the one i'm thinking about using:

https://www.amazon.com/EcoBox-Inches-Instapak-Temperature-E-2030-1/dp/B00KAFU0ZA/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1497296004&sr=8-8&keywords=instapak

 

[USAFRet]

Has anyone used these for inside of their computer case before shipping it? The smallest size I could find was 18" X 18". The inside of my case is smaller than that, it measures at 14" X 11". Should it still be okay to use the 18X18? Do these bags stop expanding when it reaches the max size of the case?

Heres a link to the one i'm thinking about using:

https://www.amazon.com/EcoBox-Inches-Instapak-Temperature-E-2030-1/dp/B00KAFU0ZA/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1497296004&sr=8-8&keywords=instapak

What are you expecting that to do on the inside? It won't prevent any movement in the millimeter range..
For instance..a large air cooler shaking up and down.

Just be sure everything is bolted down properly.
Maybe remove large components, like a large air cooler or heavy GPU.

 

[bluntey]

I'm going to be shipping it with the stock intel heatsink. I'm thinking about using it just for safety like if that ever somehow came off, or any wires/cables somehow being pulled out during shipping. I'm still going to remove the graphics card. I just don't want the heatsink coming off and shaking around inside the case and damaging stuff.

 

[USAFRet]

I'm going to be shipping it with the stock intel heatsink. I'm thinking about using it just for safety like if that ever somehow came off, or any wires/cables somehow being pulled out during shipping. I'm still going to remove the graphics card. I just don't want the heatsink coming off and shaking around inside the case and damaging stuff.

PC's are shipped all over the world, every day. Thousands of them.
If properly installed, your stock cooler won't come off.
The cables won't magically become disconnected. And that instapak won't prevent it if they were to become disconnected.

 

[bluntey]

I saw ibuypower ships it with an instapak, any idea why they put that in there then? I just don't want anything breaking, and I read a lot of horror stories about shipping companies banging the packages around. Should I just put a lot of padding outside the case then? The case isn't that expensive, the medal on it is pretty thin so it's pretty light. I'm still worried about the parts on the inside.

 

[USAFRet]

I saw ibuypower ships it with an instapak, any idea why they put that in there then? I just don't want anything breaking, and I read a lot of horror stories about shipping companies banging the packages around. Should I just put a lot of padding outside the case then? The case isn't that expensive, a lot of it is plastic instead of medal, so it's pretty light. I'm still worried about the parts on the inside.

iBuyPower ships with an instapak on the inside of the case?
So the new owner is expected to open the case up and remove that?

Idiocy.

Those pak things are meant to prevent movement on the centimeter or inch scale.
Cables and such become disconnected on a millimeter scale.

Do the shipping companies screw things up?
Oh yes!
But I can't see that stuff making any real difference on the inside of the case.


And generally...whatever iBuyPower does, I do the opposite...:lol:

 

[bluntey]

Is there any possible way that the motherboard or the PSU can get damaged if it get's dropped pretty hard?

 

[USAFRet]

Is there any possible way that the motherboard or the PSU can get damaged if it get's dropped pretty hard?

Well, yes.
But this is what significant padding outside the case, and inside the shipping carton is for. To absorb the g load.

Lets assume a drop from 4 feet.
If I drop a base PSU onto a cement floor, it is almost certainly broken.
If I drop a PSU mounted in a PC case, it is probably/maybe broken.
If I pack that PC case, with securely mounted PSU, in a well padded box, I could probably drop it off my garage roof with no bad effects.

 

[bluntey]

Have any links of what kind of padding I should use outside the case? I'm going to be shipping it in it's original case box. I'm thinking about double boxing it too. Should I just let the Fedex store pack it?

 

[USAFRet]

Have any links of what kind of padding I should use outside the case? I'm going to be shipping it in it's original case box. I'm thinking about double boxing it too. Should I just let the Fedex store pack it?

If you have the original case box, and the original foam...just use that.
Or take it to Fedex and let them do it. They do this every day.

 

[bluntey]

Any idea of the price range fedex charges to pack a small case?

 

[USAFRet]

Any idea of the price range fedex charges to pack a small case?

No idea.