Transporting a midtower pc

[vanguardstream]

Pc has a fairly hefty heatsink about normal size. GPU is pretty big it's a R9 290 Asus DCUII. I don't think I have the box of the case anymore. So is it worth the hassle and money to buy cardboard boxes and styrofoam? Or should I just strap it up by itself? It's going to be strapped up in the trunk of the car anyways for 1,5h and back the same time. We're going to a LAN so I would like to be plug and play as much as possible. All the peripherals I will transport in a backpack.

 

[Gingerbread]

All I would do is make sure it is strapped tight and it's lying on its side (the side of the motherboard) so that the weight of the gpu and cooler is balanced out.

 

[vanguardstream]

All I would do is make sure it is strapped tight and it's lying on its side (the side of the motherboard) so that the weight of the gpu and cooler is balanced out.

Without box?

 

[Gingerbread]

Well you are transporting it in the trunk of the car, unless you drive on a really, really rocky road, or really fast, there will be no need for a box or anything. But frankly speaking if you do that, even a box won't save you. Just make sure you don't drive carelessly and there is not much shaking involved. If there is A LOT then you would be better off removing your GPU, PSU and CPU cooling. But I doubt that, so just drive carefully.

 

[vanguardstream]

I appreciate that lol

 

[Gingerbread]

No problems.