[kemical]

I used a couple of "T's" just before and after the radiator, I placed a probe in each one so that just the head of the probe would be exposed to the water flow. I put a thin coat of silicon on the probe itself to protect it from corrosion or anything else I put in the water... Not entirely sure if it was necessary as the end of the probes dont appear to be conductive and also appear to be ceramic... A thin coat should not affect my temps by anything worth worrying about, as long as both of them are the same. Once the probes were in place I filled the rest of the hole with lots and lots of marine GOOP. Made sure there were no air bubbles and that it wasnt oozing out into the water path. This seems to work ok. Im guessing youve already filled your system, so you probably dont feel like draining it to put in any T's. You could do the same thing by putting a probe into a res or fill tube if you have one. Im not an expert, but I dont think that measuring the temp by placing a probe on the radiator itself will give you an accurate water temperature because the air from the fans, the temperature of the inside of the case and the thermal properties of the radiator itself will give you too many variables to give you a good reading... Anyone try it?

The shim is a good idea... I think im going to try it myself, or look into a different mounting method, the nylon screws worry me.

200 dollars for the next generation main board,

300 dollars on the finest radiators, pumps, and waterblocks...

Watching your CPU smoke because the 2cent nylon fastener broke.... priceless...