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Post Subject: ThermalTake Water Temperature Monitor
Posted on: May 30, 2008
One area that you never want to have a lack of is temperature monitoring. We've talked briefly in the past with how keeping components cool can extend hardware lifetimes, but how about the areas where keeping products cool comes down to a matter of life or death? Today we'll be reviewing the Water Temperature Indicator designed to be added to existing water cooling kits.
The T-type connector by ThermalTake is a pretty straight forward device. Essentially all you're doing is selecting a spot in your water line to monitor the temperatures. This is achieved by a thermal probe enclosed in a metal casing. As temperatures go up and down the water heats/cools the metal holding the thermal probe.
Connecting this to almost any pre-existing setup is incredibly easy to do. ThermalTake has been in the water cooling business long enough to make some pretty good moves. The quick connect allows tubing with an inner diameter between 6-13mm, covering the common applications.
The monitoring unit displays the current temperature as well as the alarm temperature. To adjust the alarm temperature you just need to adjust a screw up or down. The temperature range can read from 0 to 90 degrees Celsius which will more then keep any computer monitored. The sampling rate is once per second which is also fairly frequent.
After using the temperature indicator, I have to say, this is a great piece of hardware. It's easy to insert at any point in an already existing setup. The information is provides you is really important for gauging the strength and effect that your water cooling kit has. Placing a monitor right after the CPU Cooler lets you know effectively how much heat is being absorbed, and gives you an idea of the performance of your water cooling setup.
For anyone looking into water cooling, and anyone who already has a setup, I'd recommend investing in a fairly strong monitoring system, and this is an excellent solution. It looks good, installs easily and isn't some complicated tool for monitoring. The other plus, since we have our roots in modding, this can easily be mounted into a drive bay cover :)
If you guys have any questions or comments, I'd love to hear them!
How much do these normaly run, as I would love to monitor the temp of my water. also, does this go before or after the radiator? I monitor the temps of my nb and cpu using software, but I really want to know what my water is. where does the display mount? in a 3.5" bay?
The design of it lets you actually put it in where ever you'd want. It's a handy little device. The only thing I'd watch out for is if you're line is pretty limp, this has a bit of weight with it and it might put a little strain on your tubes. I doubt it's pull out the tubes but it might put a small kink in them.
That aside it's a pretty cool device, and really helpful
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
the display unit is screaming to be mounted in plexi and then mounted in a 3.5 bay
if you look closely at the pic faceless provided, you can see it is similiar to the tempnurse and other gauges that have a lip around the outside edge. this obviously means surface mounting is expected. im sure the included velcro is for those a little too scared to cut holes in their pc
**safety note**
try not to think of the price of the part your cutting in half.
absolutely, i even have plexiglass available. ill do it for the cost of the s/h.
same design for any bay, 5.25 or 3.5. well maybe in the 5.25 i will throw a small strap across the back end for stability.
just let me know =]
**safety note**
try not to think of the price of the part your cutting in half.
