Memory / Motherboard Q

Athlonix

Athlonix

Athlonix

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Greetings all,

bit of a strange question.

but i have 4 gig of patriot memory

namely this; http://www.patriotmem.com/products/detailp.jsp?prodline=5&catid=61&prodgroupid=165&id=910&type=1

and i have this motherboard

namely this; http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3258#ov

and it's just occured to me that the memory is 2000mhz rated.
However the Mother board does support up to 1600mhz OC.

now where my confusion comes from it that on any occassion i've tried 1600mhz i've had many freeze to restarts as i'm pretty sure it's not setup right in regards to voltage, the motherboard has chosen 1.50v automatically.

The RAM on the technical sheet (see website) says it's 1.65v @ 2000mhz, and there 1600mhz RAM suggests the same voltage.

Not knowing a lot about motherboards (never found the manuals very useful) Im not sure if increasing the voltage to 1.65v is wise, as i'm not sure what the motherboard will do, in regards to other components. I've stories about the RAM voltage also effecting other components. is this true, the section in the manual about the RAM suggests the following;

DRAM Voltage Control
Allows you to set memory voltage.
Normal Supplies the memory voltage as required. (Default)
1.275V ~ 2.445V The adjustable range is from 1.275V to 2.445V.
Note: Increasing memory voltage may result in damage to the memory or reduce the useful life of the memory.


i can manually set the mhz to 1600mhz, but am unsure of what changing the voltage will do?
if someone could shed some light on this i'd be really appreciative, the RAM turns out to be tested on a Intel system by Patriot but not a AMD system, so there are no settings from them.


Thanks,

Luke.
 
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Changing the voltage may help, this should not course any problems.

If you still get BSOD download mem test and run, this will be a bootable cd.
 
Update.

I moved the RAM modules to channels one and three. Now completes test. And seems quicker


After some research people are saying running at 1600 can blow the memory controller? Is this true. Surely upping the mHz and voltage on the RAM can't blow the CPU memory controller, why bother building boards of such speed ?
 
What CPU are you using? 1600mhz is fine to run on, anything above that is perhaps straining the memory controller too much which then can cause defects on the rest of the CPU.

RAM with higher speeds generally allow higher overclocking headroom for the CPU when overclocking via the FSB method. Also, new CPUs are rated to run up to 1866mhz, so I guess the RAM manufactors are just ahead.
 
Thx Orcvader .

Update Again!

I've now pull the RAM and bothered to read the sticker on the side.
7-7-7-24 1.7v

so i've upped the voltage again to 1.705v and set the timings as mentioned manually. I'm going to run some tests, last night i managed an hour on Bad Company 2 at 1.665v auto timings.

I've moved the RAM into dual channel again.

Things is i did notice a performance increase with the boost from 1333 to 1600 so i really wanna crack this without blowing it.
 
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