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quiksilverx181

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Well i have this case that monitor's CPU as well as Hard drive temperatures, and to monitor it, u stick this thin little tab onto them somewhere so it can monitor the temps. While i know this, i do not know where to stick the temperature gauges on the 2 locations. Can someone gimme a description of where to slap em on? Also is 45 celcius cpu temp a bit high for a non-oc'ed p4 2.6c?
 
Those are just sugested places:

I would put the hdd one on the spindle motor of the hard drive, it's the hottest part on the drive.

Some people stick the CPU one inside the socket (if it has the really think wires) but i've been told it done't work on p4's. I have mine on my heatsink wedged between 2 of the fins, it's horribly inacurate (it sez 24 and my monitoring program sez 45) but you will learn it's scale.
 
So is it not recommended to slap the temp gauge directly on top of the processor? Should i just slap it on my 9800 pro since i overclock that too? And also, what should i use to hold the temp gauges on the parts?
 
Please stop bumping. :rolleyes: Bump once every 6 hours at most.

Just stick the probes on whereever you are going to stick them with some thermal tape if you have any. Otherwise, a little masking tape would work. Do NOT put them directly on top of the CPU core, you will end up frying your core, worst case. At best, you will have a super hot CPU that may fry the probe and/or itself.

Put one on your card and the other on your Hard Drive. That way, you'll have all of the 'major' components in your system monitored.
 
You could put them on a RAM sink or a RAM chip, or you could put them directly opposite of the GPU core. My video card had a diode in the GPU, so I can see what it's running at. :p
 
Originally posted by quiksilverx181
so any type of thermal tape is fine and wont ruin my parts?
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Thermal tape isn't conductive or capacitive. :) Just stick it on there. ;)
 
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