dbox case comes with temp sensors now what?

[mushmouth]

I recently bought a ahanix dbox case from microcenter on clearance for 65.00 with a 400 watt psu.The case comes with three temp sensors that are supposed to read cpu temp,gpu temp,and case temp or whatever you decide to do with them.
The instuctions aren't that good on describing where to exactly place the sensors. I can understand that they probably don't want to explain in detail for liability reasons how to place them,but the only instructions for the sensors say "place adjacent to cpu,but not in between cpu heat sink."They also say to use thermal compound for better readings.
I've done many searches and couldn't find anything on proper insallation.
Where do you place these sensors?. I'm sure ahanix is not the only company to come out with temp sensors for a case,right?.Any suggestions?.Thanks.

 

[beatle]

Personally I don't think they're very valuable. Since you don't have a baseline of comparison, even if you get the probe positioned well, you don't have a baseline temp to tell you if it's too hot or not. I have a temp probe on my Coolermaster Musketeer that I place above the cpu heatsink. This tells me how I'm doing on ambient temps, which I think is about as useful as you're going to get from a probe.

 

[mushmouth]

I wasn't expecting to solely rely on them,but I wanted to use them as guides.How are they supposed to be installed?.Mine are flat and flexible,do they get placed behind the mobo under the cpu?.I know ther are solder points behind the cpu so I'd imagine useing arctic silver which is conductive would be a bad idea.
I read reviews on the case which were all pretty positive and I do like the case,but I hate it when you get instructions that just don't help.How do you give a case good reviews if the instructions for the main attraction to the case suck?.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

The only thing that temp sensory will read are high temps. My friend has that case and the airflow in it is pretty poor. I know that was irrelevant to your topic but i just wanted to warn you. Return it if you can and get a case with better airflow.

-Sorry, I can't answer your question.

 

[Zepper]

There is usually a small gap between the heatsink and the cpu around the core which is enough to slide a sensor in and fasten it down with a dab of hi temp silicone. If the sensor is in transparent plastic, trim the plastic as close to the sensor as possible without exposing it and put a little dab of HS goop on the end for the CPU one. You can tape one to the top of your hard drive. The third could be taped or hot-glued onto the side of your CPU fan so the sensor sticks out into the air. Read some of the reviews of the fan control/monitoring bay fillers for other ideas.
.bh.

 

[mushmouth]

Thanks I think I see where this thing can fit next to the cpu.I think I'll be getting my motherboard tomorrow or the next day so I'll see how it goes then.