Mid-tower PC weight (urgent)

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Hello all

I am preparing to ship my PC overseas since I have to move for jobs. I know that this idea might be bad but I still decide to give it a go.

I decide to take most components inside the mid-tower out with only mobo, psu, and case left inside to pack up and ship.

Case: Corsair C300R with window panel
PSU: Corsair TX 850M
Motherboard: ASRock Extreme 4
(Probably with a DVD-RW included in the package)

Just wondering how heavy this bare cage would weight.

Thanks
Dave
 
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PCs obviously vary pretty heavily in weight, but I doubt that any PC weighs more than 20kg, unless they have enormous liquid reservoirs or something. It should be possible to take as check-in, though yeah I'd have some fairly serious concerns with regards to handling it.
If you are moving for a short-medium term then you might want to consider abandoning the case (and perhaps the PSU too) as by the time you've got it there you might just have been better buying something locally.
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It could be as low as maybe 12.5kg depending on what cabling and other junk is inside. 15kg is definitely a more realistic number, and I reckon if you add packaging etc then giantbucket's estimate is pretty solid.
 
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Now I have two ideas (probably both sounds equally horrible) for now:

1) Strip almost all parts except only PSU, motherboard, and case, and ship it to the destination from Adelaide, Australia, the estimated value is well below A$700, should be fine with customs. I got a 50 * 50 * 50 (cm) jumbo-box and will wrap the case with thick bubble wraps for buffering. However, it probably means nearly A$200 charges.

(Also my destination is Shanghai, heard some different stories about the customs)

2) Same as above (as well as packaging), except I will put that as check-in luggage (the allowance is nothing above 26kg a piece). Although this will be free of charge, it will sure gets lot of troubles and perhaps non-insurable damage.

Greeting from Adelaide (try OC here mate, it's 45 C now)

 
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PCs obviously vary pretty heavily in weight, but I doubt that any PC weighs more than 20kg, unless they have enormous liquid reservoirs or something. It should be possible to take as check-in, though yeah I'd have some fairly serious concerns with regards to handling it.
If you are moving for a short-medium term then you might want to consider abandoning the case (and perhaps the PSU too) as by the time you've got it there you might just have been better buying something locally.
 
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I do agree if I have enough financials to back me up, I am moving there for 2 years as part of my new job title. And I do come across the idea of abandoning case, mobo, heatsink, and psu. However I heard in China the parts price are levelled quite high compare even to Australia, and these thing probably add up to about $600 give or take...

Anyway I would let you guys know what I will go through and outcomes.

Cheers
 
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