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Welcome to this video tutorial
in the following video we will build a SensorPanel from scratch
first, we need to enable the SensorPanel
and to make it more dynamic, set one second update frequency
since we already know the background image dimensions, it is easier to set it here
right click on the SensorPanel to open the context menu to lauch the SensorPanel Manager
select all the default items and click on delete to clear the SensorPanel
it is time to add our background image
now we are going to populate the empty panel with sensor items
let's add a gauge for CPU utilization
there are several parameters available for each item type
you can position the item by entering the exact coordinates or using the arrow buttons
our gauge is ready and working
now add a graph to display CPU core temperatures
the default graph doesn't fit very well yet but first we position the top left corner then customize its looks
if you want multiple items from the same kind on your panel
it is easier to customize the first one and the duplicate it
to display all the four core temperatures in one graph
we need to duplicate it three times and then set each to the appropriate core
to make it even better let's assign different color to each graph
let's add some text based SensorPanel items
we have the right position it is time to customize
the default text is usually too long for a nice design, so let's rename this item
you can add a bar to each sensor item to represent graphically the value associated with it
to make the bar function correctly you should properly set its value limits
you can move multiple items by selecting them in the SensorPanel Manager and clicking on the arrow buttons
after selecting a different hardware component you usually need to readjust the
bar limits to make the colors displaying correctly
you can also edit multiple items by selecting them and clicking on modify
let's insert an another graph next to our current one
now it is time to populate the empty space we have left on the panel
so far so good
new it's try our panel
we have a nice tool in AIDA64 for this
the System Stability Test
let's heat up our computer a bit
first check FPU subtest to drive processor utilization, core temperatures and fan speeds to their maximum
now we activate the GPU subtest too, to see how our temperature bar changes
thanks for watching
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