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Coolant temp monitoring

6.1K views 8 replies 7 participants last post by  matej.t  
#1 ·
Looking for a way to monitor the fluid temp in my loop. I presently use AISuite, but I'm looking for either a taskbar display (like core temp) on an inline display. Looked at the XSPC displays and the reviews aren't that great. Neither are the reviews on the Thermatake one. I like the looks of the Barrow one, but it's aluminum and I am not going to mix metals. Any ideas?
 
#2 ·
Install HWinfo64. It should show the temp of your water sensor that's connected to the mobo. From HWinfo, you can display it in the taskbar.
Or even have it on overlay via RivaTuner.
 
#7 ·
Thanks! I never knew it could do that. Works like a champ.
 
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#4 ·
I have the bitspower g1/4 temp sensor sold at microcenter installed to the t_sensor port on my crosshair 7 board. I love having it and being able to compare my coolant temp with ambient and cpu/GPU load and idle temps. I think it cost me $13 bucks when I got it. I use hwinfo64 to read it.

I match my fan speed to it in bios, but it doesnt work quite as I expected it to. With a typical idle temp of 25c, I have my curve set like:
Low - 20c - 20%
Mid - 50c - 50%
High - 75c - 85%

This is obviously ludicrous because my typical idle temp is 25c and load temp no higher than 36c (beefy loop), but without the skewed temp targets the fans tend to ramp up and down like i should have installed a hyper 212 in the first place.

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#5 ·
Should be able to set a hysteresis somehow so it's not constantly adjusting speed. Same issue people have when setting custom fan curves on their GPU. It's more annoying for a fan to constantly bounce between 40% and 50% than it is if it held 50%. A hysteresis allows a range instead of changing RPM on a fixed point.