Where do you put your temp sensors? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[jspeicher]

I ordered a Multifunction Transfer Panel for the new pc i'm building - which of course has dual temperature monitors. I know I need to put the sensors
near places where my major heat is produced...but where do you guys put them?

 

[gigawhat]

I put mine on the CPU and the GPU. One of my systems has 3 so I put one on the memory.

 

[jspeicher]

Do you place them directly on them? specifically where?

 

[Baileybbk]

I have a DigiDoc with 8 temp probs.

CPU (inside Heat Sink)
GPU (inside Heat Sink)
Hard Drive (thermal tape - flat probe)
Memory Heat Spreader (thermal tape - flat probe)
PSU Intake (on Fan Grill)
Back Fan Out (on Fan Grill)
Blow Hole Out (on Fan Grill)
Front Intake (on Fan Grill)

 

[jspeicher]

Is it accurate enough to thermal tape a sensor to the side of the heatsink/CPU fan?

 

[Baileybbk]

Originally posted by: jspeicher
Is it accurate enough to thermal tape a sensor to the side of the heatsink/CPU fan?

Depends on the heatsink. Mine is about 1.5 degrees cooler then what the mobo reports.

 

[sianof]

where do you get a tiny piece of Thermal Tape?
Also, where exactly on the processor would you put the probe? I have an amd xp2100 and an SLK-800 heatsink.
let me know
thanks
frank s

 

[wojtekpl]

I Have Thermaltake Hardcano II and one sensor I put on memory (33 up to 40 Celsius) and another one on the back of my Radeon 9000 card where the GPU is on the other side (with Zalman HP-80A - around 40 Celsius in use).
CPU and HDD have their own temp measurment (CPU - 38 C under load with Thermaltake Aquarius 2 and HDD 31 C).
My system Specs:
Sapphire Radeon 9000 64 DDR
Athlon XP 1700+
Biostar M7VIP motherboard
Seagate 40 GB HDD
2x 256 DDR RAM