To make it short:
Does anyone know of a practical, not ridiculously expensive way to transport a full assembled desktop cross-country without it breaking in transit?
The alternative would be to buy a laptop, but building a desktop is much more cost-effective.
Edit: Also, I've never built a desktop before and probably don't know what I'm doing. I've specced the below; there is probably a lot of fat that can be trimmed to reduce the price. And I'm not sure if everything is compatible. Can anyone provide any insight?
1 G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK
$52.99
1 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$64.99
1 OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
$119.99
1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600
$197.99
1 SAPPHIRE 100259L Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
$164.99
1 LG Black LG Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner SATA Model GGC-H20LK
$109.99
1 GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
$134.99
1 Antec Performance One P180 Silver cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$129.99
Total (pre tax/shipping): $975.92
- I live on the west coast
- I go to school on the east coast
- I want to build my computer on the west coast and then somehow move it to the east coast, or
- vice-versa
Does anyone know of a practical, not ridiculously expensive way to transport a full assembled desktop cross-country without it breaking in transit?
The alternative would be to buy a laptop, but building a desktop is much more cost-effective.
Edit: Also, I've never built a desktop before and probably don't know what I'm doing. I've specced the below; there is probably a lot of fat that can be trimmed to reduce the price. And I'm not sure if everything is compatible. Can anyone provide any insight?
1 G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK
$52.99
1 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$64.99
1 OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
$119.99
1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600
$197.99
1 SAPPHIRE 100259L Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
$164.99
1 LG Black LG Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner SATA Model GGC-H20LK
$109.99
1 GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
$134.99
1 Antec Performance One P180 Silver cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$129.99
Total (pre tax/shipping): $975.92
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