I'm a little skeptical about this plan - what do you guys think about transporting a mid-tower PC in a suitcase on a flight from Boston to Seattle?
Ship it. Safer and cheaper
I tried shipping a mid-tower once before from Boston to Georgia. It did not survive UPS. Busted case, cards and drives everywhere. A bad mess.
Insure the shit out of it and back up the hard drive.
They get shipped every day, you just gotta do it better.