BitFenix Recon

Casterina · 19 Sep 2012 at 18:42

I've installed the BitFenix Recon but where do I place these?

opstrat · 19 Sep 2012 at 18:46

They can either stick to the surface of components or just close to them to give you the temp reading.

MOOGLEYS · 19 Sep 2012 at 19:26

They are so inaccurate I would just install one of them for an overall inside case temp and set up fan profiles.

RJC · 19 Sep 2012 at 19:27

I just stuck mine in various places around the case.

BrianB · 20 Sep 2012 at 04:49

I wrapped mine all together with a cable tie and forgot about them.

n3mss · 28 Sep 2012 at 09:09

MOOGLEYS said:
They are so inaccurate I would just install one of them for an overall inside case temp and set up fan profiles.

How inaccurate are they?

Tealc · 28 Sep 2012 at 10:43

They seem accurate enough to me. Thermistors aren't the most accurate way to measure temperature electronically but will be within a degree or two of actual temperature. Add Recon error and you are only going to be a few degrees out at most.

dneill2006 · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:12

I wrapped mine all together and just placed them behind the Motherboard in the CPU cutout. They don't seem that accurate to be honest, but still does a decent job left on auto.

MOOGLEYS · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:16

n3mss said:
How inaccurate are they?

I have one on my cpu backplate that never goes above 25.c and one on my gpu heatpipe that never goes above 35.c.

I now just use auto for general browsing as the fans are kept low and manual for gaming with the fans set to give good cooling but not too loud.

n3mss · 28 Sep 2012 at 21:04

MOOGLEYS said:
I have one on my cpu backplate that never goes above 25.c and one on my gpu heatpipe that never goes above 35.c.

I now just use auto for general browsing as the fans are kept low and manual for gaming with the fans set to give good cooling but not too loud.

Interesting. Maybe you got a bad batch, 'cause mine seem pretty accurate. As accurate as you'd expect from an uncalibrated device at any rate (my multimeter measure temperature as well and the one time I checked it reported much the same temp as one of my probes. Did you leave the plastic covers on (I believe you should)?

I agree about the auto not working well for gaming. Which is why my software will allow custom curves so that a more aggressive curve can be defined