EVERY PC should have one of these! How to make a sensor panel!
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- I have been asked MANY times for a tutorial on how to make the custom sensor panel found in Phil's PC, and now my latest gaming rig... well, today we show you how!
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Ungraded Jay: 17:14
THE DIFFERENCE
HOLY S-LOG BATMAN!
Gods I got scared, I just started HRT and thought meds were screwing with my eyes D:
@@spritastudios5066 so relatable
@@spritastudios5066 hey congrats!
Phil: “I’m going to go black and large.”
If only it were that easy, Phil.
would be very easy in cyberpunk 2077
@@fist003 Yeah... in mid 2021...at least.
AWFUL! What if I have 2 monitors besides this sensor panel?!! Then I'd have no taskbar on the second one! Also what if I'm using my computer and move my mouse a bit too far to the right accidentaly, I'd get it stuck on the sensor panel screen! BAD!
@@slyceth You lost, bud?
was thinking the same thing hahahaha
In the price breakdown, you forgot to mention the $40 per year, for the software lol, that caught me by surprise
Rainmeter is an alternative free one, but it's a different process and operation and whatnot
@@stevefyfe1018 Thank you for posting that, will have a look see.
Hey what hdmi port did you plug your display into? The only one I have is on the gpu. Did you do a splitter or into the motherboards HDMI. (I have one of those but idk if will work because my cpu doesn’t have integrated graphics)
Edit. Ran a hdmi to dp into the gpu.
@Christian Hatzidimitriou What is G2A? TIA
The actual cheap and easy way to make one of these is just use an old cell phone as a second screen hooked up with a usb cord internally. There's several videos on youtube on how to do this.
Time stamps:
01:40 Hardware needed
monitor differences (mistakes to avoid)
04:00 180º adapter
04:20 nasty joke lol
05:30 mounting tips
08:20 AIDA64 config
08:28 activating sensor panel
09:20 gauge type
11:10 bar graph type
13:40 line graph
15:05 duplicate items
15:45 config finished
16:05 some Windows config
like it?
Yes, thank you!
Bruh underrated comment 😃
Thaaaaank you ;)
The joke is exactly on 4:20 lol
@@dyna6448 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Phil needs to be a proper co-host on this channel. Guy actually has a good personality
If Jay and other TH-camrs didn’t post vids like these, my first build a week ago would have been shit. Thank you for all you do ❤️. Also... I needed this a week ago 😝
I found more interesting the fact everything outside the regular MoBo/CPU/GPU realm, are things we already did in the past. Watercooling? Did on the early 2000's with aquarium pumps, home drilled copper blocks and small motorcycle radiators (Slot A processor, anyone?). A dedicated hardware sysinfo screen? Did that as well, late 90's with Dot matrix 4x40 text LCDs. VR headsets? Played game "Descent 3D" with VR headsets in 1995 (Forte's VFX1).
But seeing how much they evolved from 20+ years ago to today, yeah, that's great and I too thank Jay and the other TH-camrs to keep bringing these to show.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE
It's never too lateeeeee
this makes me want to do one myself but my desk is barely wide enough to fit my monitors so the case is hidden behind them :/ I'll prob make a small window and throw it up on the right most monitor as that's the least used.
@@hquest lol whatever you say 🤡
Just when I think there's nothing else I can add to my machine.................... What an awesome project, I can't wait to get started. Thank you for all the information.
Thanks for another AWESOME video! Watching your channel has taught me soooooo much! Just wanted to let it be known how much i appreciate the simple explanations, so idiots like myself can actually, build, and customize our own systems. Since I was a kid, I had always wanted to understand how a pc actually works, along with the hardware required. Even though I had a decent background with electronics, now after over two decades of trying, I finally found someone who speaks my own language... GEARHEADEEZ! Thanks to this vid, I will be installing a sensor panel in not only the two desktops I was able to build from watching the channel, but I will also be installing one in my car, so i can access my D.S.P. along with keeping an eye on my amplifier temps, voltage, amperage, and possibly db level, since its an SPL build. THANKS A MILLION! (Love the ZL1 by the way) MORE POWER!!!! ARGH ARGH ARGH
small monitor becomes default monitor
"WE BUILT AN ALL IN ONE PC !"💯🤭😳🧐
Do you think that'll become a thing someday? like install a panel where the tempered glass normally goes and use it as an all in one?
"you mean like a laptop?"
Smh
Very true, its basically another monitor but just miniature. The program seems to be the reason why it stay showing what you set it up to be.
Used to be a thing in LAN builds a while back.
@@CreativityNull no...
How do I like this video a thousand times? I'm currently working on making an antique (1940's) radio cabinet into a PC case, and I've been trying to find out how I could put a small panel into the old tuner readout and make it display these kind of stats, all while making it look like era-appropriate radio dials/gauges. This is exactly what I was looking for to get started. I think it'll take alot of tinkering and maaaaybe further customization but it's an awesome start. Thanks Jay!
Edit: I've downloaded Aida64 Extreme and found that you can choose to make your own custom gauges. You just need to create 16 png files that show the indicator going from 0-100 (or whatever scale you use). I was worried the gauge could only be square-ish with a circular style indicator like they have, but I made a quick-and-dirty test of a long, horizontal gauge with a red line that goes from left-to-right and it's working to show CPU and memory utilization. This will be perfect for making what I want! Now I just need to improve my Photoshop skills...
If you're the sharing type, please post on the Aida64 forum so other people can use your dials. The options are pretty limited if you suck at photoshop.
Hey JZ, at 540 where you mention the hazard of grounding out the back plate, ive successfully used the foam padding that some of these low power devices ship with to create a dielectric buffer to any potential hazards, by trimming it to fit.
Fantastic tutorial. I'm on the way to setting up a really nice sensor panel. Thanks guys. 👍🏼
Phil should've used Wingdings on Jay's PC, lol.
Might have just not on camera
Comic Sans is the ironic winner.
When do we get phil's own tutorial-series about everything he knows better than jay? 😆
#PhilsThreeCents
"its sand that does math" on the video about the 3080 launch will always be one of my favourite quotes from phil
@@secondclasselitist4568 Oh my god yes please 😂
This has to happen
Phil's editing tuts!
I like it. You two are a good team. I don't see any need to expand jaystwocents would lose it's genuine feel. Keep it real guys we appreciate it.
i dont have a raspberry pi panel but i do have the goverlay 3.5" and i love it... extremely customizable and having it mounted right under my monitors makes it a quick glance away from checking temps etc.... a lot easier than turning my whole head and looking in my case. even has local weather as an option in the title bar
that was the most simple walk through ever and fast. WELL DONE ive been sitting on the Snowblind Mode but didnt know how to add stuff like this so now im more motivated to finish it since i have everything for the last few months...
what is snowblind
@@talharoxen th-cam.com/video/IOaLsZi-ank/w-d-xo.html
use rain meter it's a great way to really make your display pop :)
Wow Phil got to speak for 2 seconds without Jay talking over him, 2020 is the year that keeps on giving.
3:57 - that ain't a 90 degree adapter, that's a 180 degree...
@@MrNose896 360 degree is a complete circle, so the cable out will be at the exact physical location as the plug header this adapter is connected into...
@@MrNose896 hahahaha math is hard sometimes its 180 brah
@@MrNose896 If it was 360 it would face the same direction. Imagine a U-Turn, that's a 180 degree maneuver kinda like this adapter.
@UCMb1twc-vCsWLbWWUa4Jahw dummy. If you enter going one way you'll turn in the opposite direction. That's 180. 360 is entering one way and exiting the same way.
Semi circle vs circle. This is a semi circle.
@@MrNose896 no way, it’s 720 bro
It's great to see your crew more involved.
This is what I need for my PC! No more setting up RGB to fit the bill and then guess the temperatures or having RGB going nuts for no reason! I'll be downloading this video so I won't loose it and have a reference for the future. Thanks!
Late to the party and haven't even finished the video yet, but if you did a Phil Tutorial Series, I would watch, like and share every video. This was awesome and now I kind of really want to do my own. Thanks to both of you.
3:59 sorry Jay, but that's a 180 degree adapter
@Jayztwocents pulled a verge, lol
Came here to say this, figured someone oughta have.
Isn't that too hot? ;)
I'd argue that and say that both are still correct. It still gives you a 90 degree angle (2 in fact) but the hdmi ports give you a 180 degree angle.
@@K1Crawford dude rly? It's about the hdmi plug, so it's 180 degrees.
I cutted a hole in my pure base 500. 5 inch Display as well. Never want to miss that again. The advice with the primary Display (unplugging the small one) is gold. Thanks
So, I just completed my first build...now comes the time to add neat stuff as I run across them. Gratitudes to JayzTwoCents...I followed this tutorial and viola! Success wiht Aida64 (shoutout to Phil)
Could you add the template download for the display on your panel because it looks really nice and it would make it easier for the people who don't know how to use the software or just don't wanna deal with the hassle of getting everything as nice as your display
Wouldn't mind paying extra if cases came with pre installed with precise cutting.
@@KunoMochi understand that but would rather pay extra for something like that than crap ton of rgb.
@@KunoMochi i prefer picking cases that are simple, minimalistic. Usually a plain case and maybe have a single side panel. A wrap would be a nice later add on as well. But of course asthetics don't take priority. Also agree, It is certainly hard to find unique looking cases.
Cry in TT P3TG. You gotta build a PSU shroud if you want a LCD to looks clean. I haven't build one yet but I can already feel the hassle
Used to do this with the 5.25 bays and a PS1 portable screen. Glad to see there is an updated version for modern times
Amazing video as usual, the screen prices have doubled, but still worth it. Honestly the hardest part was designing a “cool” sensor panel. The software tips helped a ton. Would be nice to see some custom panel design tips!
"5 Inches was perfect for the size of the opening I got here". - JTC (Nov 2020)
i come here to get a bit of a laugh while learning. you can always count on Jay to have at least one blooper like that
Asian guys liked it.
@@iSaurabhSri wah bhai wah
Pretty average...
@@sannidhyabalkote9536 😉
Im here to say thanks for Derek. I never saw your channel before so I hope all 455k of Dereks fans do the same. Really cool of you!
Sweet.... Got a project for the winter holiday.
Greatly appreciated.
The first time I saw this, I thought it was the neatest thing ever!
For my own design, I ended up using a pixel 3 I had laying around, some unused RAM mounts and going with Remote System Monitor. Unfortunately, I do have to plug it into an external USB port somewhere to keep the phone charged, but I also gain a lot of flexibility on where I want to put the display. Normally, it is left next to the PC case, but in other cases, I've moved it under my main PC monitor for much quicker glancing. I think the flexibility of being able to move it anywhere is awesome. I'll likely do a setup like this someday too. I'm sure there are many more uses for an additional screen as such. Excited to see where this goes. Thanks for sharing!
Something like this had never crossed my mind. Definitely on the list with the new build!
Ive been looking at a lot of custom internal led art on etsy, just now started thinking about using actual displays.
Check this guys stuff out, super cool!
www.etsy.com/shop/DreambigByRay
I didn't even know i wanted one of these and unlike a lot of things ive seen on this channel that i want, it won't even make my wallet cry. Thanks Jay & Phil.
I just... Don't see the point though. Lot of work and some money to display information that the Task Manager already has on demand. And while it displays some things the Task Manager doesn't display, that can already be handled by downloading a third-party program anyway if you really need that info.
TL;DR - This case-mounted readout is purely for aesthetics.
@@arnox4554 I know, i just want it for asthetics. I enjoy working on customizing my computer and to be honest Im like a Crow i like shiny things
@@arnox4554 it takes less than 30 minutes to set up aida64 and $50 or so to get the display, and unlike task manager, It looks pretty good! Some of us care about aesthetics after all...
I use old android phone for this.So if you have some old phone laying around just used it.Cheap and also looks great.
@@nis-tm1472 if you put spaces after the period then your comment won't turn into hyperlinks and people will know that you attended elementary school... However the phone idea does work too, just likely not inside a pc case
Just did this! Looks amazing. I added a bunch of arbitrary “warning” colours to fan speeds and such. Looks awesome.
Just installed mine!! Thanks for this
This is awesome, thanks for sharing. I want to do a DIY snowblind case and replace my side panel with an old monitor LCD.
THANK YOU! I've had an LCD panel in my case for a while, and I hadn't found a software solution that worked right to actually use on it. I'd been using CAM, which wasn't customizable and didn't fit the screen perfectly. Rainmeter depends on finding someone who did art at the right size and resolution which is difficult on a tiny in-build screen. AIDA64 is the exact sweet spot of turnkey and customizable that I've been looking for. Seriously, thank you.
Great video and thank you J and Phil. Great tutorial. I've been using Aida64 for years but learned a bunch of stuff!
Thank you! A quick tips I found using ADA64, you can select multiple row and move them altogether and also, edit the settings too for more than one row, In case you change your mind afterwards :)
*Jay:* But they're cheap
*Me:* Umm, that's half the price of my gaming monitor.
Gaming monitors start at like $200 to $300 for cheap ones, so idk $50-70 isn't bad for a cute little system info screen
@@jmanredbull1 You can get solid 1080P, 144hz monitors for around $150. You can even find them cheaper if you try to actually search. It's truly a great time to be alive. (if you ignore all of 2020)
My gaming monitor is 100
@@DankoleCloudsI was referring to 2k, 1ms response time monitors, and at that they start around 27" due to pixel density, but regardless if you're not investing in a 1ms response monitor and you play a very reaction based, snappy, fast paced game, i.e. CoD, LoL, Battle Royale's as a whole, etc. you are hurting yourself there, since the response rate is very close to lag with fast paced games. Now if you play RPG games, Borderlands, Minecraft the response rate doesn't matter at all. The reason for 2k, is because it's very standard of most modern cards to hit it on high settings with no fps issues
@@jmanredbull1 Yeah, but the thing is, not everyone has a high end system. Not everyone plays at 2K. For the *vast* majority, a 24", 1080p, 144hz, less than 5ms response time is plenty good enough. Not everyone plans to go pro at call of duty. We were just talking about gaming monitors in general, not the crème de la crème of elitists gaming peripherals.
instead of replying to my question on how you did this ... you made a whole video about it
I actually bought this screen randomly and wondered what to do with it so now this is gona be perfect for when i build my pc!!! Thanks for the video
Worked a treat on my Alien notebook, got a panel with a matching frame and stand. Great tutorial thanks
Jay is honestly more relaxing to watch than Linus. Keep it up Jay
Linus just comes across as toxic
Seems like different vibes all together
Yeah. Linus talks too fast and often talks about tech I have no idea about or that I'd never use.
I like both, guess im an asshole
The two aren't comparable, very different vibes and content.
Just in case anyone was wondering a 7 inch display like jay has in the video. With the tabs sawn off like the 5 inch display he modified. Fits in the back of a lian li 011 dynamic covering the Der Bauer plate and some of the rear vent almost like it was made for it. Also I'm running a 360 AIO push pull and that hangs down far enough to cover the cables and not impede the screen..
Any chance you have a picture?
Thsbjs guys , glad I found your channel . I always wondered how this was done
Another great video. Just ordered my sensor panel. Had to slow Phil down to 0.5 at times to keep up!!
What would be cool is one that fits in the optical drive spot. Allowing you to place it under or over your current disk drive .
I love this mod! Now I wanna do it my self or get a small screen that I can sit on my desk
@@CC-vw6rp I didn't get around to doing it yet because of other projects that I had in the works before this but its what I will be doing in the next month or two
I just came across this with a new build and definitely something I'll be adding. Thanks for the helpful tutorial. Well done!
Me too lol, def gonna be doing this.
I just finished this project with My Phanteks P500A. It turned out great. Thanks for the Aida64 info.
Hey Jay, thanks for mentioning us! ❤️
I rock a Mod Bros setup in my case. Keep up the awesome work! 100% would recommend
Was wondering how you achieved this. I definitely want to try have a go at incorporating one these in my new build in the near future. Thank you both for sharing, appreciate it!
Good idea, so simple yet ingenious.
You guys are amazing, you have a video for everything I want to do to my pc... great work
I did something like this maybe 20 years ago. Back in the day, was using those small 4-lines, dotted LCD green screens. It was fun, but again, gets useless for 95% of users - 3% have a valid use and the remaining 2% will keep maintaning it for the looks.
My thought exactly, just waist of money after short time.
True, was intrigued by the video idea for a few seconds but then I realized that...why in the world would I have to monitor my system nonstop lol, it's not like I'd do anything with those numbers
Ha, me too. I built it in the 5.25" bay in the mandatory Chieftech Dragon gaming tower which stands on the floor. Obviously badly thought through.
@@pebble.s same.
Think this is the best when you are making videos content or OC content.
scientific content as well
AWFUL! What if I have 2 monitors besides this sensor panel?!! Then I'd have no taskbar on the second one! Also what if I'm using my computer and move my mouse a bit too far to the right accidentaly, I'd get it stuck on the sensor panel screen! BAD!
I love Aida64's build your own sensor panel func. One thing to note is different mobos will have different sensors available for Aida64 to read, a more high end mobo will likely show more available sensors.
Question, I have avsolutely no odea about raspberry. So basically I purchase the raspberry screen, plug it in and use the software to customize it? Or is there anything else that needs to be done to the screen (or the os of the raspberry?) before plugging the screen?
Great! Awesome project! This is something I had no idea I needed.
sooo glad i saw this episode, iv been looking for lcd options like the kraken for a new (2 decade overdue) build and found myself using your channel for ideas and get back upto speed with all the changes since core2duo early days... 😂... and im gonna spoil myself... great channel, keep up the amazing work👍🏼
This reminds me of the little Alphacool LCD screen I had about 14-15 years ago, I had it set up to show all the necessary stats via a plugin for speedfan, was pretty cool at the time. Unfortunately Alphacool never bothered releasing updated drivers since like windows XP, and they refused to release the source code. Basically abandoned and sabotaged the product to ensure it'd be a useless paperweight to the people who bought them, great work guys.
Yeah sometimes it’s hard to make companies to come back and spend dev time for an item that hasn’t probably made them money in a bunch of years? I’m sure there are more then one reason honestly that sucks though I feel your pain
I can see the appeal of a sensor panel, but ultimately,in my opinion, too much work and the novelty of squinting at a small panel would not last.
@@unholydonutsyeah definitely. I got my brother to make a custom desk I designed and put the pc in a mesh drawer with literally zero rgb. I love my pc so much now without bothering about how fancy it looks
Fantastic tutorial. I'm on the way to setting up a really nice sensor panel. Thanks guys.
Seems awesome! Love it, thanks a lot!
I have saw many of these in photos and always wondered about it!
You could use an usb-c to hdmi adaptor and connect that to an internal usb-c header. That would save routing the hdmi cable out the back to the videocard. Also leaves the videocard free to run multiple monitors.
Late, but LTT did a video on an M.2 graphics card. That and a little VGA to HDMI adapter and boom
Takes a bit of looking around but you can get single cable displays. ie you just need to plug it into the USB header and you get video and power on the same cable no need for a HDMI cable snaking back into your case.
@@tacet3045 how do you do this? I'd like to try but not sure what you mean?
@@scottbruns7104 yeah ive seen a mini 5inch display that just needs power from usb and will give display using same port.
This is what I wanted to know, thanks!
I have been curious to test this with a mini projector onto the glass panel to see if could work
This was neat. I like these little hacky DIY mods. Thanks guys.
Not really interested in this project personally, but watched because your vids are always interesting. Surprised to find this inspired me to consider a project that does have utility to me, albeit in a very different application. I'm thinking about doing a small display like this in conjunction with something like XSplit VCam to output webcam signal for an always-on webcam monitor for my wife, who is full-time work-from-home now. That way she can have a dedicated screen to see what the webcam shows, even before launching Zoom. Plus it would mean she could turn off the preview in Zoom to have more screen space to see the other people she's meeting with.
if you remember we used to have these things in the form of 5.25" drive bay accessories that where more cool than useful
I wanna do something similar with the "RGB skull" in my hades canyon. Making the eye leds show stronger red as temperatures go up, and the surrounding skull may show high usage of disk, cpu, ram, network, or such with different colors in different intensities.
I use LCD Smartie with a 4x20 lcd dot matrix. It does not look super hitech, but it has been giving me the same info I need on the fly like my GPU temp and load, CPU load, and ram load. I’ve been really wanting to upgrade to something much more sleek utilizing aida64. I’m looking forward to seeing what you have in store for us. Thanks so much for sharing.
Finished mine today looks good
I 3-D printed a case for the 7" with holes on the back that screws into the SSD tray on my helio's it looks really good
Nice
Good idea,
"All the way to the type of font"
Comic Sans Intensifies
Seriously cool. I want to do this now.
It is pretty cool. Don't really have a clean place to put one on my case unless I cut my PSU shroud but in the future I'll definitely be considering something like this with my next case.
Steve: These SI's keep putting too much plastic blocking airflow
Jay: Hehehehehe mini monitor
Any chance youu or phil would want to post a link to the template of the panel designs? It would be much appreciated. Awesome vid Jay
This has saved me probably many hours of work ahead of my project.
Nice job guys!
I just bought a stream deck and used the hwinfo plugin to display all kinds of technical stuff since every button is an actual LCD display. Don't think it could be any easier than that.
o do u have a link to setting teh stream deck like that?
There are flush mount brackets for 10-20 USD that could be part of the build. It would cover the back of the display to protect against grounding and also give you a mounting surface. Just a suggestion.
Smart idea. Thinking of mounting a display in one of my ssd side mounts. Problem being is getting the HDMI in there.
Awesome video. Just ordered one for my Lian li pc-011 dynamic XL. It’s going to look so goooood!
Damn that's quite cool. Gonna have to try it on my rig! Cheers
17:13 ungraded btw
A mistake, but kinda cool to see that Phil is doing a pretty nice work at grading the footage.
You saved my anxiety levels sir. God bless your soul
Ive been doin this with my pc for 3 years and surprisingly the monitor is still going strong!
my setup is a 7 inch pi monitor with rainmeter and wallpaper engine running on it
I'm surprised that more people don't use Rainmeter. It's completely customizable and free... I've used it for many years and put it on every PC I build.
18:49
Best use of "DUDE" ever
XD
@@coitcordery8501 it's getting the sensor info to rainmeter esp GPU info which is a pain. and hwmonitor was not working quite right in win10
wow thats fancy stuff, cant wait to implement my own. thanks
Bought a 7 inch monitor forever ago for a portable raspberry pi setup I never made. Glad I found a good use
Tedious? this looks so fun! I'm sold!
It would be a awesome to get the file that you used for Black Ice cuz I love the layout and look of it.
Great video you guys! Instructions still worked great for me today!
3 years ago, completely missed this video. I am definitely doing this
Pre Video: I'm so early...
PostVideo: Wow. I actually learned something from one of Jay's videos. Thanks, Phil.
show how you route the HDMI!!
My sensor panel is still widgets with system info using things like Core temp to feed them data and I can see the info at all times on a secondary monitor. Works great for real time monitoring stats while gaming fullscreen on my main display.
This video inspired me to install a sensor panel which I'm super happy with. Has anyone had issues with programs moving over to the sensor panel screen and hiding behind the sensor panel? I often come back to my computer to find that many open programs have been moved to that panel.
17:15 i was worried about my monitor for a sec
Same here.
The power of s-log lol
Same!
Awesome video I like this so much I'm going to do it if I can find a good spot in my new case that's coming in.
This might be worth considering at some point after i build my new rig
Can you share a download link to Phils screen setup / config. This looks really neat!
This! Please!
Please
Pretty please?
Made this one for a 7", check it out:
www.mediafire.com/file/sd7hmrnm490oytb/FrozenBogan.sensorpanel/file