Gen5 cpu temp reading?

[seiyafan]

I have tried several programs but still can't get any to work to get cpu temperature of my Gen5. Does anyone else know if it's possible or not?

[TRow]

Welcome to the FORUMS!

I doubt much has changed as far as Dell and 3rd Party monitoring software, but you can try Everest Home from www.lavalys.com

Adding fan controller/bay device that has decent temp monitoring is most likely your best bet. At least thats what most users from Gen3 & 4 had to end up doing. But dont quote me , and Welcome to the Forums!

T.RoW

[seiyafan]

Thanks! I tried Everest, it gives my video card temp and hard drive temp, but nothing says about cpu. I think I will read more on the fan controller/bay device you mentioned.

[unknowngod430]

yea for some odd reason they thoughtit would be a good idea to take the tmep sensors out.... even thuogh its a gaminging machine. go figure maybe on the 600 they';ll put it back in ... oh well yea fancontroller is usually the best way to go .. it's better to replace the stock fans anyway..

[seiyafan]

This is what I plan to do. My goal is to further decrease the noise of Gen5 and possibly improve the cooling performance (since I have no way of telling the cpu temperature, improving cooling is a tentative goal)

Different from conventional cooling (you have a fan blows air downward on top of a heatsink), Gen5 has a fan tray with two 80mm fans that sit on the side of a huge heatsink and blows air outward. So one thing I could do is to replace those two fans with quieter ones, that should cut down the noise but I don't know how that would effect air flow rate which could affect the CPU temperature, like I said before w/o knowing the existing CPU temp makes any cooling mod a risk to take in terms of budget (in other words spending 80 bucks to drop temp by only 2-3 degrees is not a good idea)

So maybe I should start by adding a temp monitoring device for my CPU first. A more realistic measurement would be to lift the heatsink off CPU and place the sensor in between at where the thermal paste is. But I think that's very bad since it reduces heat transfer. Another way is to attach the sensor to the very bottom of the heatsink, as close to CPU as possible, but I don't know how much off is that number. Anyone have any better suggestions?

A third way is to do water cooling, but still I need to add a temperature sensor right? by the way, is water cooling really as quiet as no fan?

Today I opened up Gen5 and removed one unused ribben cable, HD shroud (not sure why they put a shroud for HD bay since it completely covers HD to reduce air flow), and a plastic thing that's sitting on two green levers at the bottom of the chassis, right behind the front neon lights. Can someone tell me what that thing is for?