Placement of CPU temperature sensor

[seismik]

I just bought and installed one of the Lian-Li 5.25" Bay temperature sensors. Pretty standard stuff, two LCD's that give me temperature readouts. I had some trouble figuring out WHERE to put the sensor for CPU temp. I've got an SLK900 on my P4, and for lack of a better place I just attached it very close to the bottom on the side of the heat sink. Will this be very accurate? Where have other guys with SLK's put their temperature sensors, doesn't look like much room down there to get it underneath or anything.

The temperatures it's reporting do seem about right -- 44c under a Prime95 load with a 30c ambient case temp.

 

[seismik]

bump

 

[DaveCSparty]

I would like to know this as well... the instructions on a Xaser III case says to put the sensor under the CPU. the wires are thin enough to fit between the pins...

 

[seismik]

Whoah, I'd never even considered putting it UNDER the CPU. I've read somewhere that between the CPU and heatsink is trouble since it's breaks the contact surface...

 

[pspada]

I've never seen a chips that fit in the socket perfectly flush anyway. But that is why those wires and sensor are so thin. Under the chip should be fine, and you are corrent, between the chip and hsf would be bad.

 

[DaveCSparty]

There ya go Keep me posted on how it works seismik under the CPU

 

[seismik]

Will do -- it might be awhile before I actually move it there though, putting it under the CPU is going to mean removing the heatsink and reapplying AS3 and all that fun stuff. I'm hoping to sleeve all my PSU cables at some point soon, my case is a cabling mess, so I'll probably wait until then.

 

[SpeedFreak03]

I have a ThermalTake Hardcano 2, and the wires are definetly thin enough to slip between pins. Now I have a Pentium 3 500Mhz, which is a slot CPU, but I put mine next to the CPU itself, as there is a board, then the cpu: ___---s____. S is where my sensor is, but it doesnt stick up that high lol. But anyway, in the instructions on mine, your *supposed* to install it under the CPU, which does make sense. I have my other sensor on my GPU (video card CPU).

 

[Icewind]

I have my flat Digidoc 5 probe placed between my zalman 7000 and P4's bottom plate, and the tip of it is touching the heat sink spreader. Works well and gives me pretty accurate temps

 

[seismik]

What holds it in place Icewind? Just some tape?