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Unread 01-15-2003, 01:14 AM   #18
megatron
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: England
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Yes I took it the wrong way, I am sorry, I am only human.

To tell you the truth - I wouldn't fell guilty at all to RMA under those circumstances but it takes a long time to get a responce in my experience. If you have a spare gfx card then thats fine.

Where I live, condensation is likely to appear since its cold and damp (when I have the windows open). If you live in a hot climate then you have less chance of condensation unless it is also a humid climate too .

If the pelt cools down the area and then the gfx chip heats it up (like if you turn on the pelt before the PC) then this is the tiime condensation is likely to appear. Remember if you make a good job of protecting the card against condensation then you don't have to worry at all.

It depends on how much heat the gfx chip gives out and how well the pelt cools. If the pelt cools really well - you could turn the on both at the same time and have the gfx chip drop well below ambient and it is likely for condensation to form. This is a worst case scenario.

My cpu temp was 1 deg c at idle at the coldest ambient temp (the performance of the watercooling setup directly effects the performance of the pelt). It would have gone below this when it was fried from me turning on the pelt for 20 sec and then powering up to see what kind a temps I got. Silly me!
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