Written by:

Installation begins with us taking it out of the box (duh). From the very second I picked this thing up, I noticed that it’s really well made. I’m not kinding around, either, it’s really, really built. They isn’t a speck of plastic on this beast to be seen, except for the connections on the back. It’s really heavy for how little substance there is to it. The whole unit weighs in at .7 lbs, which is pretty decent for how small it is. I guess it’s ’cause of the fancy screen and its mostly-metal design. Included in the box are the Kama Meter itself and the following:

-Four Temperature Probes
-Four Fan Extension Cables
-One Power Cable
-One Internal Audio Cable
-One External Audio Cable
-One Rear-Slot Audio Designation Card
-Four Screws
-Three Faceplates (White, Silver, Black)
-Four Pieces of Adhesive Tape (for the thermal probes)

The faceplates included with the Kama Meter are probably the best indication as to the quality of this product. They’re not plastic. Isn’t that amazing? I think so. When’s the last time something you purchased came with three interchangable, metal faceplates? Yeah, that’s right, never. Or not recently, at least.

I really like that there are four temp. probes included in it, ’cause that allows you to test the temperature of everything that you could possibly need to. The cables for everything are nicely labeled with a little piece of paper that has an “F” or “T” and a number following it to designate if it’s a fan or temperature probe, and which one it is. F1/T1 is the CPU, F2/T2 is the hard drive (if you’ve got a fan for it), F3/T3 is for the video card, and F4/T4 is for the case. It is arguable that there should be more headers for extra case fans, but I personally feel that four is enough. All-in-all, there are a total of 10 cables that need to be attached to the back of the unit. Attaching them is the easy part. The hard part is making all the cables fit in your case. There isn’t any sleeving on any of the included cables. Since the inside of my case was already a war zone, this didn’t really matter to me, but they should definitely consider adding some sleeving eventually. Maybe some zip ties, too, just to help keep everything nice looking. As it comes, don’t expect anything but a rat nest in your case. Some care, some don’t – personally, I don’t. Here’s what it looks like inside my case after finishing the installation.. hopefully it won’t scare you off:

Installation is relatively straight-forward. Whatever you do, though, install the Kama Meter itself last. I installed the temperature probes first, then the fan extension cables, then the audio card and cable, then the power cable, and finally the unit itself. First thing’s first, here are pictures of me changing the faceplate:

Removing the knobs without scratching anything was the hardest part. I used a small screwdriver with some tissue paper over it to accomplish this.

Here are some pictures of where I installed the temperature probes:

The fan extension cable installation is simple enough, so here are pictures of the audio card/cable installed:

Now, after attaching the power cable to a molex connector, here’s a picture of all the cables that are now to be hooked up to the Kama Meter:

A picture all the cables hooked up:

Finally, a picture of the oh-so beautiful Kama Meter, with the black faceplate, installed in a black case:

Looks pretty spiffy, don’t it?

Alright, we’ve established that it’s great looking when it’s off, and it’s not too horrible to install, so let’s see, up close, how it is when it’s powered on.

Continue to Next Page >>