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I've ran a cover or took the fan off in previous years. However, this year I haven't got around to it yet. I haven't noticed a big difference in temps. My rig stays in the 200 range as long as I initially get it there.
For prolonged idle periods I run the AIC so I couldn't tell you if it starts to cool back down like it used to.