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Best way to transport a computer out of country? (lemmy.zip)
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So I have a job that will be getting me out of the US. For most things I’m not to worried, except for my computer. What would be the best way to securely move it and also not potentially worry about damaging it?

It’ll be a given that I have an encrypted off-site (cloud) back up, but I’m torn about removing the drives to hand carry and then shipping the chassis. My only worry about that would be customs stopping me because of carrying hard drives… more specifically 3x M.2, which I’m not as worried about and 4x 2.5” SSDs

Thoughts?

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I carried my drives and GPU in my carry on and shipped the PC. That's what I'd recommend.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I get the drives, by why the GPU? Not like that can reconstruct what it was used to calculate.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's heavy, hanging from a flimsy PCIe slot held in by one screw. It's like having a wrecking ball inside your computer tethered by cotton. It's not for data security, it's to stop it from demolishing the motherboard with one heavy jolt.

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