~75 Humidity bad for my computer?

iiBetrayforAR

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My computer is located in my basement, where the humidity gauge reads ~75, I'm assuming that means 75% lol. I have heard that is not particularly good for my rig, it is usually around 70F down here year round, and we have a dehumidifier that run fairly often, but it is LOUD AS HELL so I hate it with a passion, my computer is around 7 Ft away from it, which I also hear is bad lol. I have tons of air being pushed into it, and a fair amount going out. Intakes: 230mm CM fan, 200mm CM fan, 2x 120mm 90CFM SilenX fans. Exhausts: 200mm CM fan, 140mm CM fan. They all run at 100% whenever my computer is on. I intend to change this when I get an H100i, I am planning to switch the 140mm to intake, and have the H100i fans on the tops being the only exhaust fans.

Could any of this harm my system significantly? I have not noticed condensation of any sort to date. Scratch that I have noticed sort of clumpy dust on one of the SilenX fans, but no liquid, and none anywhere else. :/ Now I'm concerned.

Complete rig is in sig.
 
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75% you could barely breathe or see. that would be fog. i doubt that it will hurt your PC, not sure if any parts can rust.
 
Oh lol. I have no idea how to read the humidity lolol. I don't think it is harming it, but I probably should dust it more regardless.
 
It's perfectly fine, unless you run some heavy duty cooling that brings components close to your basement's air dew point (usually a few degrees below current air temperature), condensation won't be an issue.

Edit: you are reading humidity just fine, we have 98% humidity in the streets of Oslo today.
 
It's perfectly fine, unless you run some heavy duty cooling that brings components close to your basement's air dew point (usually a few degrees below current air temperature), condensation won't be an issue.

Edit: you are reading humidity just fine, we have 98% humidity in the streets of Oslo today.

seems like i don't know how to read humidity :D
i thought 75% would mean 75% of the air is water.
 
lol here in Malta humidity is almost always between 95%-100% due to being a small island. never had a problem with rust or any parts since 2008 :)
 
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