Options for water temp monitoring

[Polizei]

What options are out there for water temp monitoring? I know the Aquero can do it (along with getting me to the moon it seems) but it's cost-prohibitive at the moment and has too many features I don't need.

I'm looking for something that is temp monitoring only, somewhat inexpensive, has a G1/4 plug sensor, and can report temperatures to a Win7 environment. Does something like that exist other than the Aquero? It would be even better if it didn't need a 5.25" bay because I don't have any of those available.

I saw something for about $45 on FrozenCPU that covers everything but reporting water temp to Windows... it just has an external display. I don't need an external display, but what I do need in this is temp reporting to Windows.

Anything out there?

Thanks guys...

[Toolius]

If your board has onboard optional temp sensor headers like most ROG boards have then its very easy to do.
just get something like this from BP http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=24759
or then you can get a inline temp sensor like the one from aquacomputer. http://www.thewatercoolingshop.co.uk...uct-71162.html
Cheers !

[Kosmic71]

That Bitspower temp probe is perfect. Wow! I need that. Thanks for the heads up.

[Polizei]

I don't think my MSI 890GXM-G65 board has that... It'll get my X6 to 4.0ghz though

[PiLsY]

Do you just want to see the temperature or are you monitoring for shutdown/fan rpm etc? If you just want to see your temps then you can just buy a cheap lcd temp display, chop off the air temp sensor then solder on an inline or plug sensor.

[Polizei]

Do you just want to see the temperature or are you monitoring for shutdown/fan rpm etc? If you just want to see your temps then you can just buy a cheap lcd temp display, chop off the air temp sensor then solder on an inline or plug sensor.

I really don't need external monitoring (a screen really)... I'd rather be able to log it or something within Windows so I could plot CPU/GPU temps versus water temp. If I need an Aquero to do that...

Are there any other products out there like the Aquero that don't have a screen, but just a little control board I could mount somewhere that interfaces via a USB header or something?

[mm67]

Alphacool HeatMaster and T-Balancer BigNG are other options but they are both more expensive than Aquaero LT

[Polizei]

Oh wow... I didn't know of the LT... I thought just the XT existed. The LT is going to be more than enough...