How fast is it ? I bought a BAFX, but it takes forever for it to settle on a temperature.
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It is pretty much instantaneous. Just pull the trigger and the reading appears. If you keep holding the trigger and move the laser dot around, the reading continuously updates and also remembers the peak value. I like this model because the 1 inch per foot diversion of the beam was the narrowest beam that I could find and it can easily take readings within 1 foot as well as from several feet away. Someone else mentioned problems with shiny surfaces. My experience is this is true for metals. The problem can be solved by placing a piece of masking tape on the surface or painting the surface flat black. I don't run into this issue very often. It is pretty much instantaneous. Just pull the trigger and the reading appears. If you keep holding the trigger and move the laser dot around, the reading continuously updates and also remembers the peak value. I like this model because the 1 inch per foot diversion of the beam was the narrowest beam that I could find and it can easily take readings within 1 foot as well as from several feet away. Someone else mentioned problems with shiny surfaces. My experience is this is true for metals. The problem can be solved by placing a piece of masking tape on the surface or painting the surface... » Read More It is pretty much instantaneous. Just pull the trigger and the reading appears. If you keep holding the trigger and move the laser dot around, the reading continuously updates and also remembers the peak value. I like this model because the 1 inch per foot diversion of the beam was the narrowest beam that I could find and it can easily take readings within 1 foot as well as from several feet away. Someone else mentioned problems with shiny surfaces. My experience is this is true for metals. The problem can be solved by placing a piece of masking tape on the surface or painting the surface flat black. I don't run into this issue very often. « Show Less
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Mine is almost instant unless measuring something shiny. I found mine does not work as well on shiny surfaces
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My wife says it takes less than 1 minute to reach temperature. Hope that helps.
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i have it @ 7 Celsius , and is working fine so far. i think you can still go lower. hope this helps.
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it varies from 0 to 6800rpm in less than a second. ;Dvariable speed would have been a feature i would appreciated a lot and would have made this tool even more useful. but still i'm using it a lot.
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The new model can get as hot as the old one (which I also have)...I just missing fine tuning the temp manually rather than using the LED set temps.
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From 68F to 100F takes about 4 sec. To 120F takes 6-8 sec. To 145F takes 12-18 sec.
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Extremely fast. 30-60 seconds and I don't notice it losing heat as I use it.
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I'm very happy with the Thermoworks super fast mini, I don't know ThermoPop. I get a reading in 2 seconds tops.
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You're definitely right! I think the chip outputs too much heat. What I did is undervolted the cpu from the BIOS and also disabled the AMD Turbo Technology, and now it's so much cooler and quieter. Temp on idle around 30-35 load 50-55. Lowest degree was 25. That's insane with the stock fan!
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I don't think it was designed like a laptop where there is no fan speed at all until the processor reaches a certain temperature. Mine runs all the time as well, but quiet with no load, louder with a load. The fan speed change is immediate too which shows to me it is load driven, not temperature driven.
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I didn't have any high temps, but I only ran it stock long enough to verify it works. I basically always replace stock sink and TIM. If you're intending on using this for pretty demanding stuff (gaming, photo/video editing, 3D modeling and render, etc.) I'd recommend replacing TIM and sink.
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I timed it ... Two minutes for one rotation, and you can wind it up to somewhere between 15 and 16 rotations. It is really slow.
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warmup takes a while, with a lot of mechanical activity. Copies after initialisation are rapid, within seconds.
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Depends on the CPU but I am running an i7-3770k @4.4ghz and mine never gets above 60c (using realtempGT) on full folding load with GPU folding as well. Thats with a corsair h100. A customer loop will likely do better.
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At the maximum setting, this unit takes about 10-15 minutes to reach temperature. The good news is that once it is at temperature, it maintains it consistently.
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No it doesn't, at least the model that was on sale a while back (and I don't think it's changed). It takes a long, long time to reach the required temperature and then gradually climbs beyond it. I guess once it's reached the required temp you could turn it off for a while to save power and then plug it back in when you saw the temperature dropping, but I would advise against that. The sensors aren't always a good reflection of the temperature reached inside different objects/in the middle of stacks of things, and you want it as hot as possible to make sure every tiny pocket of air is as hot as it needs to be. Though of course that does make it a total nightmare to run in summer. No it doesn't, at least the model that was on sale a while back (and I don't think it's changed). It takes a long, long time to reach the required temperature and then gradually climbs beyond it. I guess once it's reached the required temp you could turn it off for a while to save power and then plug it back in when you saw the temperature dropping, but I would advise against that. The sensors aren't always a good reflection of the temperature reached inside different objects/in the middle of stacks of things, and you want it as hot as possible to make sure every tiny pocket of air is as... » Read More No it doesn't, at least the model that was on sale a while back (and I don't think it's changed). It takes a long, long time to reach the required temperature and then gradually climbs beyond it. I guess once it's reached the required temp you could turn it off for a while to save power and then plug it back in when you saw the temperature dropping, but I would advise against that. The sensors aren't always a good reflection of the temperature reached inside different objects/in the middle of stacks of things, and you want it as hot as possible to make sure every tiny pocket of air is as hot as it needs to be. Though of course that does make it a total nightmare to run in summer. « Show Less
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Thanks for your response. I was having trouble picking up the temp from the base. I think the batteries were low (duh.. pretty obvious..). I put in new batteries on both units, repeated the sequence a couple of times and... voilà! I think I've got the hang of it now. A handy little device.