Memory voltage doubt
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Hello everyone, I have a question about my memory, they are G Skill Trident, the specific model is these:
F3-16000 CL9T-6GB TD
DDR3-2000
CL9-9-9-24 1.6vThe above is what is written on the sticker on the memory itself, and my question is about that 1.6v, since Everest tells me they are 1.65v.
The thing is that I am overclocking my computer, and I have that doubt about the voltage of the memory. For now I have them at 1.6v as the sticker says, so as not to burn them.
Could I put them at 1.65v?
Greetings and thanks in advance.
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If you have no errors in the memory, why increase the voltage further? In principle, trust the sticker more and leave them at 1.6.
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If you don't have memory errors, why increase the voltage further? In principle, trust the sticker more and leave them at 1.6.
Ok Kernel, I'll leave them at 1.6v.
Out of curiosity, what kind of errors do the memories throw?…¿BSOD?
I'm in the middle of OC, and I'm testing, and I have doubts that this could hinder my OC.
So far I've had a BSOD 0x124 and a couple of system reboots, I've had to raise VTT and Vcore, testing hard with Prime 95, the last error was a reboot after 6 hours in Blend mode, so I think I'm pretty close to being stable.
But I had this doubt in my head and wanted to resolve it, since in all the guides for the 1366 it says that you have to set the memos to 1.65v, and I've read at least 8 different guides in Spanish and English.
I don't know if I should ask G Skill support to see what they tell me.... Because this seems very strange to me.
Greetings and thanks Kernel!
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If you have errors and want to discard…
Q:
What is a safe DRAM voltage?A:
Standard DDR3 memory voltage is 1.50V.
Low voltage DDR3 is at 1.35V.
Ultra-low voltage DDR3 is at 1.25V.When overclocking, DDR3 memory voltage can be set up to 1.65V.
Voltage above 1.65V may damage the memory modules over time. Please also keep in mind that higher voltage means more heat, and excessive heat will shorten the lifespan of the memory modules.
Source: http://www.gskill.com/en/faq/Memory
And about the error 0x124 Solving / Fixing BSOD 124 on sandybridge. READ OP FIRST!!
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If you have errors and want to discard…
Q:
What is a safe DRAM voltage?A:
Standard DDR3 memory voltage is 1.50V.
Low voltage DDR3 is at 1.35V.
Ultra-low voltage DDR3 is at 1.25V.When overclocking, DDR3 memory voltage can be set up to 1.65V.
Voltage above 1.65V may damage the memory modules over time. Please also keep in mind that higher voltage means more heat, and excessive heat will shorten the lifespan of the memory modules.
Source: http://www.gskill.com/en/faq/Memory
And about the error 0x124 Solving / Fixing BSOD 124 on sandybridge. READ OP FIRST!!
Thanks for the help Kernel.
In the end I left them at 1.6v, and I got stability in the system, or so it seems… I just raised the VTT a bit to 1.25v and the problem was solved. I've had Prime 95 running for eight and a half hours in Blend mode without errors.
But now I have another question... if I decide to push the memory to higher speeds will I lose the stability of the OC as I have it now?
Regards and thanks Kernel.
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But now another doubt is haunting me... if I decide to overclock the memory, will I lose the stability of the OC as I have it now?
The answer is clear. Yes and no.:troll:
You can overclock the memory (which you don't mention how you have it now) without touching anything else and if it fails you already know what it is.
But anyway, by overclocking the memory little by little you will notice a change in performance. -
The answer is clear. Yes and no.:troll:
You can upgrade the memory (which you don't comment on how you have it now) without touching anything else and if it fails you already know what it is.
But come on, by upgrading the memory you're not going to notice much change in performance.Right now I have them at 1600 Mhz (2:8) 9-9-9-24, and they are configured on the board as follows:
Memory Frequency: [DDR-1066 (2:8)]
Memory Timing: [By DDR- 1600] 9-9-9-24
CPU Uncore Frequency: [2400 Mhz (18x)]I wanted to upgrade them to 2000 Mhz (2:10).
Would you notice much difference? Is it worth it?.
Regards!
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To pass some synthetic test yes, but for day-to-day use I don't think you'll notice it.
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For passing some synthetic test yes, but for everyday use I don't think you'll notice.
Before I had the memos at 800 Mhz, which was how the motherboard set them when in Auto. I recently started messing around in the BIOS, as I had no idea before.
I suffer from Micro-stuttering in games like Skyrim, and a friend told me it could be because my memory was too slow or I had too little Vram, I have 1280 Vram, but I read that people with my graphics card didn't have these problems. So I decided to increase the memory, and also increased the micro, from 2.66 to 4.0 Ghz, achieving stability a few days ago after several tests and tweaking the voltages a bit. In the overclock section you can find the post I opened asking for help to overclock the micro.
The point is that I'm going to see if the Micro-stuttering was due to the speed of the memory, which I have not yet checked due to lack of time, I'll let you know later...
If you say that it's not worth it for me to increase them to 2000 Mhz, then they will stay at 1600...
