How to transport my ITX build?

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RedTeam4Dayz

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I'd like to take my ITX build to a lan party tomorrow but i am unsure if the PC will survive it.
I have a Fractal design Core 500
with an asrock fatality b350 itx and a R5 1600 cooled by a h60
My Gpu is a 30cm 1kg R9 390 (This is my buggest concern, although the slot is reinforced), a hard drive and an cs650m psu.
1.: will I have to transport the gpu seperately?
2.: will having a awatercooled pc impact transportability?
3.:will the hard drive be damaged?
 
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The life of a PC, from construction to your living room:
Factory -> conveyor belt -> forklift -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> forklift -> shipping container -> ship -> ocean -> big giant forklift thing to grab the shipping container -> ground -> forklift -> truck -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> Newegg warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> distro warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> local UPS center -> forklift -> truck all day in the summer heat (or winter cold) -> UPS guy drops it (literally) on your porch.

And you're worried about a couple of miles in the back of the car?
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Gam3r01

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If you are worried about the GPU then you can remove it (I used to), but lately I just orient my PC so that the GPU is stable, then go for it (I have a 290 thats over a foot long).
The H60 will actually hold up to the transport well, better than an air cooler.
HDD should be fine, it was shipped from the factory at some point right?
 
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Lutfij

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1| As long as all the components are screwed in place and snugly fit, you have nothing to disassemble before transporting.

2| If it's an AIO, you've got nothing to worry about...and yeah you have nothing to worry about.

3| As long as you don't toss the system all over the place, then no it's not suffering from damage.

Are you transporting the system in a backpack/back of a car/carry-on?
 
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derekullo

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1. You should have the gpu seperate in an antistatic bag. Easy enough to take out.
2. That depends how well it is sealed, if its a closed loop it shouldn't matter.
3. As long as you don't get in a wreck or go offroad you should be fine.
The slow controlled motions that you experience while driving isn't enough g-forces to damage a hard drive, especially a hard drive not powered on.
^Assuming you aren't gunning it in a Tesla in Ludicrous speed.
 
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The life of a PC, from construction to your living room:
Factory -> conveyor belt -> forklift -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> forklift -> shipping container -> ship -> ocean -> big giant forklift thing to grab the shipping container -> ground -> forklift -> truck -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> Newegg warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> distro warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> local UPS center -> forklift -> truck all day in the summer heat (or winter cold) -> UPS guy drops it (literally) on your porch.

And you're worried about a couple of miles in the back of the car?
 
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