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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi Lemmy!

My partner and I are moving from the US to the EU soon. We both have gaming PCs but they're a bit older, so we're thinking it's a great time to sell them, taking the SSDs, and buying new components there to avoid shipping them.

Any suggestions surrounding it? Maybe there's a good way to pay a little and backup the whole SSDs to the cloud?

I know it's not strictly gaming related but it sorta is? Sorry if this is inappropriate for the community

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That makes sense then, I wouldn't trust the plane luggage handlers with the pc. In that case you're probably right to sell. I would still price compare for a gpu or cpu and get the rest of the build later, but also heavily factor in the hassle of carrying stuff and basically not having a warranty for parts that you bought in the US.

I did actually move with my gaming pc twice. But I had most of my stuff shipped in a truck and only the essentials on the plane. You'll probably end up having limited space/weight in the checked luggage anyway. Gool luck with the move!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, a truck would make me feel better. It's definitely a risk to move it myself uninsured. For comparison, looks like post tax prices delivered of ~14-18% more in Denmark than the US where we are.

That's a fair bit, but I'm not sure we're in the market to try this hard to save a few hundred dollars in such a massive move. I lean towards selling, especially once we packed a big suitcase and it went VERY quick with stuff we love lol