Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB

shankly1985 · 29 Apr 2012 at 18:09

Using theses with i5 200k if I want to use the 1600mhz do I have to run them at 1.65v? if so isn't this ment to be bad for sandy bridge, so how would I get 1600mhz whille keeping safe voltage.

Thanks

horrorwood · 29 Apr 2012 at 18:17

1.65v is fine on sandybridge according to Intel, see sig

RJC · 29 Apr 2012 at 18:22

I have mine at 1.55v without issues.

shankly1985 · 29 Apr 2012 at 18:28

RJC said:
I have mine at 1.55v without issues.

Thanks this running at 1600? and timings 9,9,9,27?

shankly1985 · 29 Apr 2012 at 18:28

horrorwood said:
1.65v is fine on sandybridge according to Intel, see sig

Thanks but people still saying 1.6 is bad ??? am so confused :confused:

RJC · 29 Apr 2012 at 18:31

shankly1985 said:
Thanks this running at 1600? and timings 9,9,9,27?

Yes

horrorwood · 29 Apr 2012 at 18:36

shankly1985 said:
Thanks but people still saying 1.6 is bad ??? am so confused

I asked intel if it was ok here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18396107

Officially they wont even support 1.35v RAM so... :confused:

shankly1985 · 29 Apr 2012 at 19:47

Thanks guys Am waitting on delivery for ram, tuesday should get it. My corsair Ram at the moment is giving mt thousands off errors in memtest and am getting random BSOD. Also not downloading files correct its just tuck me 6 trys to get serious sam 3 downloaded. not good lol

Surveyor · 29 Apr 2012 at 19:47

shankly1985 said:
Thanks but people still saying 1.6 is bad ??? am so confused

Up to 1.60V is OK according to a reliable source, see sig

I'd be very surprised if you couldn't get the Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey running at its rated speed and timings with 1.60V or less.

The easiest way is to enable the XMP profile in the BIOS and then just set the DRAM voltage manually.

Start with 1.55V.

If the RAM runs fine at that then you can just leave it or try and tweak it down a little further if you wish.

If it doesn't run properly at 1.55V then you can increase it a touch but try not to go over 1.60V.

shankly1985 · 29 Apr 2012 at 19:51

Surveyor said:
Up to 1.60V is OK according to a reliable source, see sig

I'd be very surprised if you couldn't get the Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey running at its rated speed and timings with 1.60V or less.

The easiest way is to enable the XMP profile in the BIOS and then just set the DRAM voltage manually.

Start with 1.55V.

If the RAM runs fine at that then you can just leave it or try and tweak it down a little further if you wish.

If it doesn't run properly at 1.55V then you can increase it a touch but try not to go over 1.60V.

Thanks will do.

Surveyor · 29 Apr 2012 at 19:56

shankly1985 said:
Thanks will do.

Have you tried setting up your Corsair RAM that way assuming it's the 1.65V stuff?

shankly1985 · 29 Apr 2012 at 20:01

Surveyor said:
Have you tried setting up your Corsair RAM that way assuming it's the 1.65V stuff?

its the 1600mhz 9,9,9,24 at 1.5v once i run memtest i get thousands of errors right from the get go.
am guessing it dont like my motherboard? has its not on asrocks list.

I have heard about it could be vcore is to low but i dont understand what it should be set to.

thanks again.

shankly1985 · 29 Apr 2012 at 20:03

Even when I run the memtest at stock ram settings no XMP and 9,9,9,24 it still gives me errors.

Surveyor · 29 Apr 2012 at 20:05

Have you tried each stick of the Corsair RAM individually?

shankly1985 · 29 Apr 2012 at 20:15

Surveyor said:
Have you tried each stick of the Corsair RAM individually?

No just ran the test. I'll try that now.

stuntmanSLim · 29 Apr 2012 at 20:16

manually set the timings,voltage,speed of the ram in the bios what the factory have listed for the memory,look to see what voltage is on the memory controller...

Surveyor · 29 Apr 2012 at 20:31

shankly1985 said:
No just ran the test. I'll try that now.

Enable the XMP profile first so that you know speed, timings and voltage are correct.

shankly1985 · 29 Apr 2012 at 20:42

Once I tuck second ram out tried again same result.

Installed other one into the same slot and test ran good

it was only a quick test but I know one of my ram is broke.

shankly1985 · 29 Apr 2012 at 20:45

stuntmanSLim said:
manually set the timings,voltage,speed of the ram in the bios what the factory have listed for the memory,look to see what voltage is on the memory controller...

I had done all that mate, I did think about testing one stick at a time tho lol. resonse I already went and ordered more ram is because I googled the BSOD error and all the ones that had solved required replacing the ram.

The good news its a cheap fix, but I dont understand how this happened. Ram tested once first built the PC tested fine.

sehcure · 29 Apr 2012 at 20:46

Mine's at 1.57v on a overclocked 2500k.

Works fine.