how does humidity affect cooling?
after i put my new block in, i got 17deg air-cpu diff. it was very consistent up until 3 days ago. that is when i started leaving my window open for the night because i sleep at my GF's house anyway. i thought, why not let mother nature do its work since it's getting really cold here. now my diff is 20C (!!!), has been like that for a few days. i noticed that my room's humidity went from 60 to 80. room temp is 16C, CPUburn gives me 36C; with the 60% hum i was having room temp of 26C and CPU of 43C. can higher humidity decrease radiator's efficency? it could be other things, like something stuck in the WB, dust in the rad fins, something stuck in the pump, but i wanna know if hum can actually have a negative effect before i start taking it all apart.
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1700@2050 (205x10@2.0v)
Abit NF7-S rev2.0
3x 512 Corsair XMS3200C2 11-3-3-2
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
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