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How would it be cooled in his case? the inside of his case would be warmer than the air outside of it due to all the components generating heat.

Exactly. his case is warmer than the outside air, which is in contact with his window. what's happening is that the air inside his case is hot enough to keep the water a vapor, but not hot enough to keep in from condensing on the side panel window, which is cooler because it is in contact with air from the outside. Jeepers gang, looks like we've solved the mystery!

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I just got a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 evo fan for this new PC, and it works great for this build, but after installing it, I noticed on the inside of the clear side panel, there were water drops. I would take the side off and clean it up, but a while later they would be back! There is no liquid inside of the case, and I've never spilled anything on it, so how could this have happened?

 

Anyone got any ideas?

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Condensation. Likely due to humid air being cooled in your case. 

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Condensation. Likely due to humid air being cooled in your case. 

 

How would it be cooled in his case? the inside of his case would be warmer than the air outside of it due to all the components generating heat.

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Could one of the heatpipes be leaking? That happened to me, but there wasn't water.

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How would it be cooled in his case? the inside of his case would be warmer than the air outside of it due to all the components generating heat.

Exactly. his case is warmer than the outside air, which is in contact with his window. what's happening is that the air inside his case is hot enough to keep the water a vapor, but not hot enough to keep in from condensing on the side panel window, which is cooler because it is in contact with air from the outside. Jeepers gang, looks like we've solved the mystery!

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Exactly. his case is warmer than the outside air, which is in contact with his window. what's happening is that the air inside his case is hot enough to keep the water a vapor, but not hot enough to keep in from condensing on the side panel window, which is cooler because it is in contact with air from the outside. Jeepers gang, looks like we've solved the mystery!

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Exactly. his case is warmer than the outside air, which is in contact with his window. what's happening is that the air inside his case is hot enough to keep the water a vapor, but not hot enough to keep in from condensing on the side panel window, which is cooler because it is in contact with air from the outside. Jeepers gang, looks like we've solved the mystery!

This sounds like a very science-y answer so I believe it

 

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This sounds like a very science-y answer so I believe it

As someone who enjoys physics and thermodynamics the only way that this could happen is that your PCs internal air is reaching very high temps very quickly. You might want to look into getting more case fans to get that hot air out of there faster.

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possibility that the lubricant for the bearings could be slung out from the rotational force of the fan(s).

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Maybe you live in a very humid place?

As others said, what's your case cooling fans setup? Can you also tell us the temperatures in your case/mobo?

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Sweat? I've had that happen.

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