ddr1 2.9v or not

SameSuspect · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:38

To get the best overclock i had to change my mem to 2.9v which on the bios screen comes up red, where 2.85 doesnt

Anyone with the same model can say its safe to run my mem at 2.9v?

monkeypants · 13 Aug 2006 at 22:01

I wouldn't reccommend 2.9v with a 2gb kit.

matt100 · 13 Aug 2006 at 22:12

nancy.. I've gone over 3v with a 2gb kit and as far as I know its still working (sold

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Minstadave · 13 Aug 2006 at 22:52

monkeypants said:
I wouldn't reccommend 2.9v with a 2gb kit.

Yeah you wuss

As long as the memory is stable and not getting too hot (try and get some airflow over it if its hot to the touch) you'll be fine.

The only 2Gb kits that were fragile were the Ballistix, everything else is pretty robust.

monkeypants · 15 Aug 2006 at 23:34

Pfff. I never had a 2gb DDR kit, I was far too busy playing with DDR2.

matt100 · 15 Aug 2006 at 23:51

lol, I am playing nice.. he loves it trust me

monkeypants · 15 Aug 2006 at 23:53

You. On MSN. Now.

EDIT: Hahahaha! Come on Wolfy, that was funny.

Minstadave · 16 Aug 2006 at 02:06

Ooops that was my fault, I didn't know you two knew each other so I thought that post was a little out of line, apologies

Duke · 16 Aug 2006 at 07:51

Most performance DDR2 is rated 2.3-2.4 so it isn't that much more to reach the high end of 2.x with active cooling.

monkeypants · 16 Aug 2006 at 09:53

Minstadave said:
Ooops that was my fault, I didn't know you two knew each other so I thought that post was a little out of line, apologies

Don't worry about it, just doing your job

However - was it worth shoving that many volts through your 2gb kit? Was there a decent boost in overclock potential?

Minstadave · 16 Aug 2006 at 10:11

Duke said:
Most performance DDR2 is rated 2.3-2.4 so it isn't that much more to reach the high end of 2.x with active cooling.

This is DDR1 we're talking about, 2.9V is fine

Minstadave · 16 Aug 2006 at 10:13

monkeypants said:
However - was it worth shoving that many volts through your 2gb kit? Was there a decent boost in overclock potential?

It did on my Ballistix, I hit 292Mhz 3-3-3, but of course they died (like all Ballisitix does) on my current Samsung UCCC, I use 2.85V to keep my timings tight at 235Mhz, but they were cheap so don't perform miracles.