Hardware & Technical Motherboard thermistor cables, what to do with them?

Jon flint

Jon flint
Finally getting around to assembling my pc, but I have a question....

My motherboard came with 2 optional thermistor cables, what's the best thing to do with them??

I figure maybe I want one to measure ambient temperature and maybe radiator exhaust temp or motherboard backside temps but was just wondering if anyone has any better suggestions for their placement?

(I know I could just leave them in the box, but since I have them I may as well find them a use!)
 

Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
Whatever you do - don't shove them between heatsink and your die :D

I used to put one in the middle of a RAID stack, and the other at the middle underneath the motherboard. They aren't "bad" things to have, but their measurements were not all that accurate, the cheap sensors had a nasty habit of falling apart, and you are far better off finding hotspots with a cheap FLIR.
 

Jon flint

Jon flint
Asp Explorer said:
Whatever you do - don't shove them between heatsink and your die :D

I used to put one in the middle of a RAID stack, and the other at the middle underneath the motherboard. They aren't "bad" things to have, but their measurements were not all that accurate, the cheap sensors had a nasty habit of falling apart, and you are far better off finding hotspots with a cheap FLIR.
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I do know someone who once tried to put a thermistor between the CPU and socket [wacky]
 

GammaZ

G
Good place may be power circuits of motherboard and GPU, there are usually no sensors there by default and too high temps there may indicate that something went wrong...
 
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