Basement Flooded, PC Running Weird

[Envy_]

Last night my basement flooded, that is where I have my PC and Xbox and items as it is where my room is. So it flooded 85% of the surface area of our basement. My PC ran just fine the night before and now after I moved it up stairs it runs slow and clunky, and it was running at 129°F at idle when it usually runs at 110°F at idle.

The computer wasn't touched by the water but it was awfully humid down there.

Do you think this is due to being humid or do you think it just happened to start having problems at the same time as we had a flood.

 

[andy_Man]

Let it dry completely before trying to run it anymore.
Yes humidity can hurt/break things.
Please use Celsius, no one thinks about hardware temps in Fahrenheit.

 

[Iamsoda]

What do you mean "Runs slow and chunky".

 

[Envy_]

By slow and clunky I mean, it took much longer to boot up, when it did boot up it was being slow and acting like I was rendering a 40GB file, even though I had just turned it on. And then I tried doing an update and it shut it self off in the middle of the update.

 

[Iamsoda]

I am guessing you are getting temp throttled. Maybe try changing the cpu grease?

 

[Envy_]

@andy_Man it never touched water. The humidity was 45% is that enough to harm PC components?

And sorry my temp system was set to Farenheit because I don't use Celsius much.

 

[Iamsoda]

It might mess with the thermal grease. Also the humidity is not the issue. Devices can take up to 100% humidity non condensing. When you removed it from the humid area did you cover it in a bag or something to keep water from forming on it? Did water form on it?

 

[Envy_]

I didn't cover it with anything when removing it. No water formed on it that I saw. If I need to replace the thermal compound then I should replace my CPU cooler too because I'm not happy with it's performance anyways. What do you think is the best CPU cooler and compound mix?

 

[Iamsoda]

The Cooler depends on the CPu you have. For a compound get artic silver 5. $7 for a small tube, but that stuff lowers my temps 7-8c then stock compound. Also make sure to clean off old grease, don't put to much on, etc.

 

[Envy_]

My CPU is an i7 3770

Just so there's no confusion, it is not the "K" series

 

[Iamsoda]

My CPU is an i7 3770

Just so there's no confusion, it is not the "K" series

If you are willing to spend some money and have room in your case get a corsair h80-h110 water cooler. Prices 70-120$. It is a pre-built water loop, no setup mess, cools better then air, and runs much quieter.

 

[J_E_D_70]

A non-K will do really well with a cheap ($35) cm 212 evo if your case has room. Going with water wont make the cpu last any longer or improve the turbo speeds. Twice the price for no gain.

 

[Paperdoc]

I find it very difficult to believe that high humidity has ruined your thermal paste. It is MUCH more likely that the humidity caused minor malfunctions on the mobo and this will stop after a day or two of time to dry out any possible condensation inside your case. To speed this up you could unplug the machine and then open the case and leave it open to "air out" for a day.

 

[Iamsoda]

A non-K will do really well with a cheap ($35) cm 212 evo if your case has room. Going with water wont make the cpu last any longer or improve the turbo speeds. Twice the price for no gain.

Silence isn't a gain but a loss of sound. Water cooler is much quieter.

 

[ccampy]

45% humidity is less then you will generally get in UK most of the year

 

[J_E_D_70]

Not sure how it could be much more quiet. I can't hear my evo over ambient gpu and case fans (that are already reasonably quiet).