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Shower steam?

xcas

xcas

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Hi, sorry for the probably stupid sounding question, but I wanted to know if I'm at all damaging my computer with my setup here.

So my PC is in my bedroom, sitting on my desk. This bedroom has an en suite bathroom. The PC is fairly close to the door. When I take a shower, I leave the door open so the bathroom doesn't get too steamy. I also leave the ceiling fan and bathroom fan on, open a window in the bathroom, and leave the door to the bedroom open. About a quarter of the mirror in the bathroom gets steamy, and not much else.

The PC is always either sleeping or powered down while I'm showering and for at least half an hour or so afterwards. I've been doing this for the past year or so. Okay or Cardinal sin? Will the condensation seep in and corrode and ruin the moving hardware?
 
I would say, to my uninformed observation, it could be an issue. Btw, if you leave the computer "sleeping", then it's still technically "on". The CPU is sleeping, but the RAM, motherboard, and disk drives are still receiving power.

I dripped through the top fan vent of an Antec 300 case, into my quad-GPU (9600GSO, at the time) cruncher, and it wouldn't boot for several days.

If you ever had any condensation on the inside of the case, and it dripped on a component, or the GPU, it could go "zap".
 
It is perfectly fine. Your shower is only bumping the humidity up mildly. I actually run a steam humidifier in my room every night.
 
The added moisture will have its greatest impact on dust formation. The dust will cake on a lot thicker compared to a totally dry environment. But if the machine's fans are not spinning as you say, then it shouldnt matter.
 
If you have a vent fan in the bathroom, just close the door or leave it just a crack and run the while you shower and for awhile afterwards. You won't have much in the way of increased humidity in the bedroom if the fan is working properly.
 
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