Not seen or heard a lot about these but we recently got some sponsorship and collaborative work with Thermal Grizzly so we dived into their new WireView Pro's. Currently only 2 variants available and only available for the 12hvpwr connector though i don't have word whether these will be released for the older 8pin pcie connectors like the older WireView.
Straight easy installation, pretty much treat it as an adapter by plugging the psu side cable into the WireView Pro first and then plug the adapter into the GPU. It's a little tight at first so might require a little wiggle. I installed this on a GPU with a stock cooler and a waterblock and both had no issues. I know the previous versions had issues with it fouling on the waterblock itself but they seem to have remedied this in the Pro version. The test blocks were EK's Quantum Vector2 and Heatkillers V Pro waterblocks, the EK block had next to no room where as the Heatkiller V Pro had plenty of space remaining, especially to reach the release latch for the connector.
The WireView Pro features all of the older monitoring stats plus some new ones:
•Temperature sensors at power connectors
•External temperature sensors
•Sensor pin detection
•Alarm function
Both older and newer versions still use the OLED Display too.
The biggest change for me personally is the Sensor pin detection to avoid burn outs and potential overheating, though the new Pro also comes with Alarm functions to warn you of overheating thresholds which you can manually set. The unit can also detect how much the current cable can supply by displaying the wattage it is capable of. It can detect whether the cable/psu plugged in is capable of supplying 150w, 300w, 450w or 600w, this does not include the power consumption through the pcie slot however.
Additionally, the WireView Pro comes with 2 extra temperature sensors in different lengths (5cm and 20cm) that can be attached to the back of the monitoring unit for measuring for instance, Ambient temps or intake/exhaust temps.
Overall very well built, solid plastics and the connector itself is attached to the PCB via metal legs which adds to it's rigidity and further improves it's strength.
Straight easy installation, pretty much treat it as an adapter by plugging the psu side cable into the WireView Pro first and then plug the adapter into the GPU. It's a little tight at first so might require a little wiggle. I installed this on a GPU with a stock cooler and a waterblock and both had no issues. I know the previous versions had issues with it fouling on the waterblock itself but they seem to have remedied this in the Pro version. The test blocks were EK's Quantum Vector2 and Heatkillers V Pro waterblocks, the EK block had next to no room where as the Heatkiller V Pro had plenty of space remaining, especially to reach the release latch for the connector.
The WireView Pro features all of the older monitoring stats plus some new ones:
•Temperature sensors at power connectors
•External temperature sensors
•Sensor pin detection
•Alarm function
Both older and newer versions still use the OLED Display too.
The biggest change for me personally is the Sensor pin detection to avoid burn outs and potential overheating, though the new Pro also comes with Alarm functions to warn you of overheating thresholds which you can manually set. The unit can also detect how much the current cable can supply by displaying the wattage it is capable of. It can detect whether the cable/psu plugged in is capable of supplying 150w, 300w, 450w or 600w, this does not include the power consumption through the pcie slot however.
Additionally, the WireView Pro comes with 2 extra temperature sensors in different lengths (5cm and 20cm) that can be attached to the back of the monitoring unit for measuring for instance, Ambient temps or intake/exhaust temps.
Overall very well built, solid plastics and the connector itself is attached to the PCB via metal legs which adds to it's rigidity and further improves it's strength.
