Calling on AnandTech gurus... Is the Hardcano Safe?

[agentK]

Hi! Saw one of them at the mall and was itching to buy one! My only drawback though is that the sensor is inserted between the cpu and the socket with wires in between the cpu pins. Are there any bad sides to this? The wires are pretty thin but i dont want to risk it if the chances are high! Many thanks for your feedbacks AT's!

Ken

 

[2Cool]

Most people insert the thermistor between the heatsink and the PCB around the CPU die. The raised central CPU die is like a small plateau on the chip, and with the heatsink installed leaves enough of an air gap to run the thermistor in all the way to rest against the side of the die itself. This is the best way to get a close to actual temp reading. Just be sure the thermistor does not make the heatsink raise off the die contact area.