Hello everyone,
first of all, Happy New Year to you all
I'm almost done with my build and I was wondering if you guys can help me decide if buying additional temp sensors is needed.
My goal basically is to make my PC silent so I entered the world of watercooling.
Anyhow, here's my setup so far.Res(D5 Next) > GPU > 360Rad >CPU > 360Rad> Res
*Rads are in push/pull
*Fans are controlled by the Octo
*Farbwerk for a lil bit of bling bling
What's the ideal pump & fan config?
Should it be based in water temp, ambient air or both?
This will get you as many different answers as there are people
My self, I use coolant/ambient-air delta. Ambient air temperature influences a radiators ability to control coolant temperature. For instance there are places in the world around the equatorial band that can reach 45C, or higher, and the radiator will not be able to take the coolant below ambient temperature, with only fans to transfer heat to ambient air.
In high ambient temperatures with fan control dependent on coolant temperature only, the fans will be rotating full RPM at a point well before they have an effect.
With the delta option, they will work as much as needed when useful.
*temp sensor placement advice
I've got 2 external air temp sensors and have no clue where to put em
Generally one external/ambient sensor is sufficient.
Placement can be anywhere outside the system where it will be least influenced from heat created by the system (including radiated heat from radiators}.
Should I also get inline temp sensors to be installed in the output of both rads?
Thanks in advance!
One is probably all that is needed, but if you place one behind each radiator, you can use the hotest one for the coolant/ambient-air delta.
I do like purpose designed
coolant temperature sensors, because tape in a 'hot' environment tends to fail over time.