How to Not SMASH Your PC - Gaming Rig Packing & Moving Guide

Shipping or transporting a PC can be stressful, so we compiled some of the top tips to help you be as prepared as you can be to transport your gaming rig!

Intro Screen Music Credit:
Title: Laszlo - Supernova

[martybryant]

I worked at Fedex and DHL for A decent amount of time..And I can tell u if you care about your pc..Don't ship them at all. Period. Fedex especially. No joke.

[Xycron]

It's also good to literally check the websites for the carriers to see how it needs to be packed in order for them to insure it.

[TetraSky]

UPS driver sees "fragile" on box. Throws it over a fence, hear glass shattering inside the box, leaves like it was normal.

[blahorgaslisk]

I remember a computer company that had a lot of problems with machines arriving at the customers in less than optimal working order. So they decided to investigate just what their packages went through going from their warehouse to the customer. They had a guy following one of their packages all the way, documenting every step it went through. At first everything looked as it was going fine. The guys collecting the packages was actually reasonably careful. Then they drove to the central sorting and there all packages was loaded directly onto a conveyor belt, and here is where things got scary. The conveyor moved all packages into a storage room where the first sorting was to take place. Here the guy documenting all of this had to watch how the packages traveled up the conveyor only to drop to the concrete floor from a bit over three meters, about 10 or 11 feet. When he asked why they did it that way they explained that the conveyor was supposed to start at floor level and automatically raise only enough to clear the boxes already on the floor, so the drop should never be more than about about a foot. But unfortunately the sensors that controlled that never did work very well, so for the last three months or so they had just left the conveyor at the current height, besides it was just the first few packages that dropped directly on the concrete floor, then they would cushion the rest of them, and the last of packages would land quite softly...

This computer company promptly redesigned the boxes they packaged the computer systems in. Triple thick boxes, high density foam and double boxing with two inches of foam between them. It wasn't cheap but the reduced RMA costs more than paid for that, and the customers appreciated getting computer that wasn't smashed to pieces.

[CyberJedi]

Safer but more hard work option is, if you keep all the boxes of the components you bought for you pc (gpu box, motherboard box, etc) you can disassemble your pc and pack everything on the original boxes and put them in a big travel bag with some foam inside around the boxes, or anything to absorb impact. That's probably the safest way if your traveling by plane.

[Scitch]

9:53 "Do you write [...] 'Computer' on the side?"
I would always advise against writing the contents of the box on the outside. Many delivery services actually deny liability if a package gets stolen or damaged when the contents of the box are written on the outside.

[NeonVisual]

I was gonna just throw my PC down the stairs, but now I know only to throw it down the stairs in it's original packaging.

[dmdplayz]

Linus: How to safely transport a pc

Also Linus: **Drops it**

[InsaneFireYT]

Me: writes "computer" on the box
Porch Pirates: Allow us to introduce ourselves

[vivre]

Linus shaking the GPU while it's locked in gave me an ungodly amount of anxiety lol

[ConflictedSwitch]

Linus: Oh! That hit the hard driiiive!

Me: I found a new alert sound.

[CazRaX]

As someone that works in package logistics and delivery I love you for knowing that we just can't treat any package in a special way. You are right that we have to move VERY quickly, in my building the base is 1 package sorted every 3 seconds or less. I still try and treat obviously fragile packages carefully but it isn't always possible, especially on heavy days.

[jackweaver]

I want nothing more from this channel than a compilation video of every time Linus drops something

[Nick_R_]

The last time I bought a built PC, from Overclockers UK, it came with an expanding Instapak to protect the innards during shipping. Brilliantly, with care, I've been able to reuse it through two subsequent house moves. Great stuff.

[pizzasounds]

Build a pc inside of the razer toaster as a case, and cool it with razer energy drink...

[rangerdanger]

a bring your own pc party? hmmm...

everyone: brings rgb, rtx 2080, core i9 water cooled packed monsters
me: brings my dell optiplex 780...

[iceoharper]

This was the most conveniently timed video ever, I move across the country on Monday.
Cheers for this, super helpful <3

[LillyP-xsqe]

When I moved my PC to a different country I stuffed my case with all my clothes, workers perfectly! And it's a big case with massive CPU cooler

[carbonbasedlifeform]

Gonna trust Linus Drop Tips to tell me how to keep my PC safe in shipping

[armandcobzaru]

Me: *reads title*
Also me but screaming: YOU ARE THE LEAST QUALIFIED PERSON TO TEACH ME HOW NOT TO SMASH MY PC LINUS!