fitting a thermometer

Saikor · 7 Oct 2006 at 11:08

Hi guys,

I recently bought a case that included a front mounted temp display. I hadn't intended to bother using it, but now that it is here I figured I may as well.

It has one little cable thermometer thingy for the hdd, so I have attached that close to the hard disks. My question is regarding the cpu one, where do I fit the thermometer? do I have to take off the heatsink and put it under that a little bit? or would it be good enough to tuck it next to the heatsink?

YoungBlood · 7 Oct 2006 at 11:16

Im guessing if you placed it under the heatsink you would cause an air gap which which mess up your cooling massivly. So I would say thats a big no no.

Pajeh · 7 Oct 2006 at 11:25

Do not put it under the heatsink! Maybe put it in the fins of the heatsink, not sure if that would give a good reading though.

Rob43 · 7 Oct 2006 at 11:44

Never put a probe between the cpu & heatsink :eek:

,as was pointed out. You can just stick it in the fins,but that won;t really give you a good idea of temps. I have mine stuck on the side of the IHS with frag tape.

Just make sure that it's not hampering contact between cpu & heatsink

Here you go mate

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17569584&highlight=temp+probe

Rob