Moving Overseas, Got Gaming PC

[NeXuS]

Hey guys,

Need a bit of help, so i got a gaming rig and an awesome 144hz 27 inch screen.

Now i dont want to get rid of it, but packing the components separately into a bag is quick and rebuilding once i land is quite a mission i have done it before.

Any ideas on how i can proceed, should i sell the rig and then buy one in the EU or should i take with just the graphics card and PSU?

Its an old gaming pc but still good


32x gb ram Ripjaws
4770k with Water cooling (Corsair)
MSI MPOWER MAX board X87 i think
1000w Tough Power PSU
1070 MSI Card
ASUS 144hz 27 Inch and secondary screen 60HZ 24 inch

 

[JollyJamma]

Take the CPU, GPU, RAM and motherboard. Ditch the rest.

 

[Spectaitor]

It'll definitely save you a butt load of cash if you willing to put the time aside to build it wherever you go, maybe sell the case you would use to free up the space you are using for components?

Not sure how you are taking the stuff over in the first place?

 

[iamgigglz]

Take the CPU, GPU, RAM and motherboard. Ditch the rest.

This.
I’d probably even leave the GPU behind. Easily replaceable wherever you go.


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[sloberdan]

I have taken my whole PC with me before. I had a smallish ATX case which I covered with the original polystyrene packaging, ontop of that with some bubble wrap in a hard cased shell suitcase. Put on fragile stickers all around and it was 100s.

 

[ProP]

I was in the same boat. What I did was, (mainly due to my compulsive habit to keep motherboard boxes), I took MB, CPU and RAM, all of this fit as is into MB box. And I took GPU with.
Then only thing to buy is Chassis and PSU. I had a TV as a screen so I sold that and bought a 144Hz monitor on this side. In your case, if you have the box for screen take it with, you can check it in, or even find out who is going that direction and ask them to take it for you if you don't have enough capacity.

 

[Norrad]

This.
I’d probably even leave the GPU behind. Easily replaceable wherever you go.


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I take it you haven't bought components in Europe before. It's kak expensive. I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the prices of GPUs in Austria. I told myself I would never complain about prices back here in SA when I got back.

 

[iamgigglz]

I take it you haven't bought components in Europe before. It's kak expensive. I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the prices of GPUs in Austria. I told myself I would never complain about prices back here in SA when I got back.

A quick google shows GPU pricing to be pretty much 1:1 with ZA based on the exchange rate.

You highlight a good point though. OP should just build a shopping cart for a full replacement PC at his destination and use the pricing to ascertain which components are worth keeping.


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[SCHUMI4EVER]

Yeah not a bad idea doing a fantasy shop before going there to decide this.

Not sure where you're going but using Media Markt or Saturn would probably be your best bet.

 

[Norrad]

A quick google shows GPU pricing to be pretty much 1:1 with ZA based on the exchange rate.

You highlight a good point though. OP should just build a shopping cart for a full replacement PC at his destination and use the pricing to ascertain which components are worth keeping.


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Maybe I have just gotten lucky shopping here in SA I tried to buy an MSI GTX 1070 TI in Austria two months ago and it was 549 Euros (R8900) and got the same card here for R6000
Their crazy high VAT rates have a big effect on pricing, but there is a thriving second hand market where the prices are stupidly low too.

 

[NeXuS]

Thanks guys for all your responses, i will definitely be taking with the core pieces, the PSU was quite expensive i got it for a good deal in SA but its quite old. So i reckon i could ditch the PSU.

MB,RAM, CPU and GPU and cooling for CPU obviously was a birthday gift cant sellit..

its about R1500 extra for another 23 kilogram bag for luggage so thats not a bad idea