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Attaching temp sensors?

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yuriy80

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Hello all,
What should I use to attach temp sensors cpu/gpu/hd that came with a Koolance 720 ATX system?? I don't think I want to use thermal epoxy because it'll be a pain to take it off and possibly damage the sensor in the process. Electrical tape is too week, it'll probably give in after couple of months. I'm using Polarflo water block cooling off an Athlon 64 FX-55. There's barely any room to shim it between the water block and the cpu and the socket.

Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Here's the water block i'm using.
http://www.polarflo.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=54&HS=1
 
When I run out of the yellow thermal tape I get from fan controllers and such I just use regular old Scotch tape. It actually seems to work better than the thermal tape.
 
Well... The ideal place is on the heatsink as near the CPU as possible, right? If you look at a Koolance HS like the CPU-300 series you will see a cast groove on each side of the bottom of the HS. So taping with thermal tape to wherever you think might be the hottest would probably work as well. Keep in mind that the Koolance electronics know that the temp proble is not measuring the core temp and has the shutdown temp set as a default at about 120* F. Another possibility is to order an Innovatek in-the-coolant sensor and use it in-line to your radiator output.

If you want to get fancy you can take the Innovatek unit and unscrew the sensor. Then drill and tap your block so you are measuring the block water. Alternativelydo it you might be able to drill into the block and not go into a water jacket.
 
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