Does a loop "settle" over time?

[Gertford]

I've noticed a few weeks after my loop is set up that both the CPU and GPUs temperaures have slowly dropped day by day. I could chalk this up to the TIM settling but i thought it'd be worth seeing if anyone else had the same kind of experience.

Currently the CPU sits at about 31C Idle, a bit teeny high seeing as it's freezing here but I'm going to put that down to the Raystorm inlets/outlets being switched (I'd already started filling the loop before I'd realised my amateur mistake and will be switching it once the new fluid gets here.)

When the loop was first set up it sat at about 36-37 idle. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining but I'd just like to know what exactly is causing it.

 

[Gertford]

I had to top the res up a couple days after once i'd given the whole system a vigorous shaking, but other than that, no.

With the Raystorm, it specifically says in the manual and on the XSPC website that if you mix up the holes the performance will be "greatly reduced", I dunno, I'll see once I switch it, I'm changing the colour of the fluid anyway so it's not going to be that much extra work.

Also on the TIM curing, it's MX-4, which specifically states on the packet that it doesn't need to cure, could be wrong though.

 

[Gertford]

It has been pretty cold recently has your room temperature dropped over the past few days?

It's been cold here for the past few weeks. . If anything the temperature has increased. I really need to get a room thermometer though... And a temperature stop for the loop.