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The VTech
05-16-03, 10:26 PM
Does anyone have this or using something like this???

Do they work and are they accurate??

Laser-Sighted MiniTemp Gauge (http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d95/)
PsYcO CyBrArIaN
05-16-03, 11:12 PM
Laser sighted gauges are the most precise. If they are made by a reputable manf..
Excelsior
05-16-03, 11:24 PM
Yes they are damn acccurate... But also pricey...Fair quality ones start in the one hundred dollar range.
chasingapple
05-16-03, 11:40 PM
Question, if there is a Heatsink on the CPU how the hell are you going to take a reading with that?
Excelsior
05-16-03, 11:50 PM
does it have to be of the cpu? Maybe he wants to read the temp of something else :)
sangapski
05-16-03, 11:52 PM
it will only read the HS temps...
good for chips without HS though...
i have one, i use for gas RC cars...
never tried it on my PC though...
Excelsior
05-16-03, 11:56 PM
sangapski i will give you 3 dollars for your temp reader :p

hEh i have been looking around best i could find was around 90 bucks for a fair quality one...
Apilot21
05-17-03, 12:07 AM
If only they would give some sort of circuit diagram. I would build one.
Excelsior
05-17-03, 12:08 AM
Chances of them doing that.... 1 in say 26 thousand?
sangapski
05-17-03, 12:36 AM
Originally posted by xX~EXCELSIOR~Xx
sangapski i will give you 3 dollars for your temp reader :p

hEh i have been looking around best i could find was around 90 bucks for a fair quality one...

:p

i got it from a friend for fixing his RC :D
The VTech
05-17-03, 12:37 AM
Thanks guys. I think I am going to see what I can find here in town and then get one. Seems to convienant NOT to have one!!!!

PS - I'm using it for parts on the motherboard and other parts that don't have temp sensors etc. and it would also be nice to know what kind of temps the air around the heatsink has so I can redo my flow if need be.
stan488
05-17-03, 09:37 AM
I have almost the same model and I must say that it it is very convinient(sp) and it is accurate but you have to remember that Every 8 inches you get from the target the area you measure increases by on inch so at 8 inches the target is a one inch circle, at 16 inches the target is a 2 inch circle, and so on