Thermal view of a desktop PC build

On occasion I have been known to build a computer or two. This week's build is a lot more powerful than what I would normally do because it is focused on gaming and AI development. I thought I would share a new tool to help evaluate the cooling of your board and components.

Before installing the GPU board, I wanted to check the thermal cooling of the system and used a thermal imager to accomplish the task. These are pretty cool and plug right into the phone. The device works by picking up long wavelength light in the 10-14 micron range. This is what our body feels as heat, like when you put your hand over a hot surface, except this device can convert that feeling into an image.

Thermal imager target on Enermax water cooling head
Thermal imager with temp target on the Enermax water cooling head (yes, it can also read in Celsius).
Thermal zoom on Samsung 1TB Pro M2 drive
A zoom of the Samsung 1TB Pro M2 storage drive while running the Windows 10 installer. I was shocked that flash was my hottest component.
Visible spectrum photo of the system
Visible spectrum photograph.
Thermal image of people
Did I mention you can also see people?

The Seek Thermal Imager used for the thermography can be bought on Amazon here: Seek Thermal Compact Imager .