Have any of you experienced bringing pc parts on a plane via carry on before? Id rather not be stopped by baggage inspectors not knowing what a motherboard is hahah then again im not too fond of baggage handlers throwing about my luggage if I decided to bring the pc parts via checked luggage.

Note: Travelling via AirAsia (LCCT)

1. PC casing with motherboard sealed with some of the clothes in a box.
2. CPU, graphic card, harddisk, dvd-rom in hand carried bag, also covered with clothes, but sealed with plastic bag first then balut with clothes.
3. pray that your motherboard don't split in half on destination.

why not just declare it at the security check and should be no problem to bring in.

Just pack your parts and check in the bag. No issue. Just make sure that any parts that you pack in the original box are not brand new unopened and sealed. Customs at the place your arriving might tax you because you are able to sell the part. (friend experience before with a new macbook pro he brought to give as a gift to his sister in Australia. )

When packing beware of bubble wrap and even your clothes because static can really fry your components. best is to place in the original anti static bag it came in and in the original box so that it doesn't crush.

p.s. AirAsia is at KLIA2 not LCCT anymore

I try bring part to Australia by hand carry.
No problem so far, as long as you declare it.

and for your advice, go check in earlier, so that once they stop you, you still got time to put into luggage.

Last time i bring 2 psu 2 motherboard andseveral pcs of ram flying to saba. The polis bantuan pauses like 20-30 min before letting me go lel.

Based on the experience flying with Air Asia, they are not going to handle your checked-in luggage very well. I have had my deuter bag ripped apart, carton boxes torn open suspiciously, etc. So be wary of your hardwares.

On another other note, I transferred my whole PC back in 2012 to Sabah and back again to KL using Malaysia Airlines. They handled the item professionally and barely any indentation on the carton boxes I used to put my monitor and all my PC parts.