how to measure water temps

[71skylark]

What is the best way to measure your water temps in a watercooling system? I hear people talk about what their water temps are, what system do you rig up to measure them?

[Diggrr]

Most people take advantage of the DigiDocs capability of having several temp probes at one time. They use a "T" in the waterline, the water passing straight through, and the perpendicular leg gets a probe rtv'd into it, the the very end sticking into the water flow without rtv on it.(rtv=room temperatur vulcanizing=silicone)

I, however, use ghetto method...I stuck a liquid crystal fish tank thermometer on my reservior's clear window. (you've seen the peel and stick strips). Admittedly not the most accurate, but only a $1.50 US, and it's only +/- 2 degrees Celcius compared with a mercury lab thermometer. (borrowed from work) And it works well enough to keep the fishes alive.:D

[FrozenInHI]

if you're really lazy, overclockershideout.com has a premade thermometer that works excellently and comes with a mounting system that is great. otherwise just get a compunurse and an inline connector, drill a hole just large enough to allow the probe inside, then put the probe in, and silicone the heck out of it, hook it up, let the system run without the computer energized to look for leaks, then you're all done.