Should I worry about internal condensation?

GameFreak01048

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So with my PC I have a Corsair Air 540 with two 140mm intake fans running at 100% all the time, two CPU 120mm fans running at about 750 - 850 RPM and, an exhaust fan that runs at about 750 RPM all the time and a GTX 1060 Palit Super Jetstream running at 600 - 1050RPM and i've never ever had any issues and I've had this setup for (except a GPU change from a single fan to two fans) for about a year.

When I boot my PC from cold its about 22 degrees - 25 degrees but if I go straight into a demanding game the heat on my GPU gets to about 50 degrees and my CPU stays at around 40 degrees whilst my case only gets to about 30 degrees absolute max. Shortly after quitting a demanding game, temps go back down to about 30 (even after gaming all day on GTA 5 maxed out)

With such low ambient temperatures (22 degrees) would condensation be an issue at all? My room is about the same sort of temperature (i'm always cold :D)

It's important to note that I've never had any issues with my PC hardware wise, and I also have a touch of OCD...just a touch :D

All comments are appreciated :)
 
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No, condensation is NOT an issue in there.

That would only be a concern if the components were below ambient temperature, and the water vapor in the air was condensing out onto the components.
You are nowhere near close to that. And, by definition, you can't be with regular cooling like that.

(I have that same case)

USAFRet

Titan
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No, condensation is NOT an issue in there.

That would only be a concern if the components were below ambient temperature, and the water vapor in the air was condensing out onto the components.
You are nowhere near close to that. And, by definition, you can't be with regular cooling like that.

(I have that same case)
 
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CompuTronix

Intel Master
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GameFreak01048,

22C (72F) is normal or "standard" ambient temperature.

Here's the scale:

30.0C = 86.0F Hot
29.0C = 84.2F
28.0C = 82.4F
27.0C = 80.6F
26.0C = 78.8F Warm
25.0C = 77.0F
24.0C = 75.2F
23.0C = 73.4F
22.0C = 71.6F Norm ... or ... 22.2C = 72.0F
21.0C = 69.8F
20.0C = 68.0F
19.0C = 66.2F
18.0C = 64.4F Cool

Depending upon humidity, condensation will only occur when below ambient cooling is used such as chilled water, phase change or peltier cooling, if your hardware (CPU and / or GPU) reaches about 15C below ambient.

With conventional air or liquid cooling, condensation is not a problem.

CT :sol: