I think that using MBM is just a reality that we have to accept. Since all AMD CPUs now include a thermal diode, and mobos are able to read them, it just makes good sense, water-cooling or not. I'm sure that MBM isn't CPU intensive at all. It's even better when mobo manufacturers understand that!
But still, just for good measure (but mostly for the fun of the exercise), I'm putting a flow sensor in my rig.
I'm also going to put a number of temperature sensors, just because I want to measure how the system is performing (and share some figures with ya'll !).
And since I'm an electronics amateur, and not willing to buy a Digidoc5, I will build my own interface: probably an internal circuit that hooks up to a serial port. I might add a display (like an LCD) but that would use another port, so I just might put the whole thing on USB.
One thing I will build, is a controller for the Pelt, because I just don't believe in wasting power to cool a CPU below the temperature it will reach at full load.
Lots of planning...
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