01blacksnake Posted September 23, 2004 Posted September 23, 2004 I have an Athlon64 3500+ with an ASUS AV8 K8T800 Pro motherboard. The case I bought comes with a temp sensor for the CPU and a HD. I'm not sure where to put the CPU temp sensor. It doesn't seem like you're supposed to put it between the CPU and heatsink/fan... but I'm not sure where the best place to put it might be. Help? What about on the HD? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Posted September 23, 2004 Posted September 23, 2004 I need to know that exact same thing, it would seem that the best place for most accuracte temps would be between the HS and the CPU, but in doing so you're ruining the contact between the two and crushing the hell outta the temp sensor. Sorry about my useless post just wanted say you're not alone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted September 23, 2004 Posted September 23, 2004 nooooooo don't put it like on top of the core it'd probly melt or something under my water block i've just shoved in underneath after, kinda.... slid it across while it was on until I hit the highest temperature kinda thing works for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Posted September 23, 2004 Posted September 23, 2004 nooooooo don't put it like on top of the core it'd probly melt or something under my water block i've just shoved in underneath after, kinda.... slid it across while it was on until I hit the highest temperature kinda thing works for me. Well if thats where you put it, your temp readout wouldnt be too accurate, you would have to add a few degrees to the readout to compensate for where the probe is placed... right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted September 24, 2004 Posted September 24, 2004 a degree or two, yes? and? it's far better than my crappy onboard temperature sensor... i'd think they'd be fairly accurate poking up against the core. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted September 24, 2004 Posted September 24, 2004 so long as the crappy onboard one doesn't go too high youre ok Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted September 24, 2004 Posted September 24, 2004 yeah. The only thing I don't like about the NF7-S is the crappy onboard temperature probe thing. It usually reads over 40C when the external probe reads hmm... 35C ish? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted September 24, 2004 Posted September 24, 2004 that's not a bad thing, it make you keep it cooler Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted September 24, 2004 Posted September 24, 2004 it would, if I thought for 1 minute it was actually a correct reading Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigears Posted September 24, 2004 Posted September 24, 2004 the manual for my old P2 350 m0b0 told me to put the sensor at the edge of the heatsink, not actually in contact with the processor, as that would damage the sensor. i think it was because the heatsink had a large overlap that you could do that. back then things were all a little bit more approximate though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overclocker16 Posted September 24, 2004 Posted September 24, 2004 Put it under the CPU. Put the wires through the pins, they should be thin enough to do that, that's what a lot of people do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigears Posted September 24, 2004 Posted September 24, 2004 can't do that on a 3500. its 939 and hasn't got a space in the middle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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