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Excuse if a silly question, but when people talk about their system and loop temps in relation to ambient temperature, is the ambient a measured value, and can/does it factor in the profiles of the system’s waterloop/fan profile?
Obviously ambient is referring to the room temperature air, but, where? At point of intake?
If it’s measured, how is this best achieved?
From what I can glean from the net, some people simply put a probe somewhere outside the case near an intake. Although this strikes me as perhaps a bit impractical. I understand putting a sensor just inside the case or behind a rad means the values would potentially be ‘contaminated’ by localised case heat.
Aside from this, how would one implement or utilise this value in a water loop / fan control profile?
My current watercooled system was built with two temperature sensors measuring the water, and a few sensors measuring air temp on the rads.
But in practice I simply used the water temperatures to set the fans speed on curves . When the water gets warmer, the fans increase to compensate, and drop when the water drops. Very simple I realise, but works. Additionally, there is no flow measurement.
So am going to get reading up more on the measurement and control side of cooling, but wanted to get some basic commentary on this if possible. Much appreciated
Obviously ambient is referring to the room temperature air, but, where? At point of intake?
If it’s measured, how is this best achieved?
From what I can glean from the net, some people simply put a probe somewhere outside the case near an intake. Although this strikes me as perhaps a bit impractical. I understand putting a sensor just inside the case or behind a rad means the values would potentially be ‘contaminated’ by localised case heat.
Aside from this, how would one implement or utilise this value in a water loop / fan control profile?
My current watercooled system was built with two temperature sensors measuring the water, and a few sensors measuring air temp on the rads.
But in practice I simply used the water temperatures to set the fans speed on curves . When the water gets warmer, the fans increase to compensate, and drop when the water drops. Very simple I realise, but works. Additionally, there is no flow measurement.
So am going to get reading up more on the measurement and control side of cooling, but wanted to get some basic commentary on this if possible. Much appreciated
