Mobos + ram voltage??

finalcloud · 14 Dec 2009 at 23:19

Confused about motherboards and ram voltage. I was planning to get this mobo

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-214-GI

And this ram

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-086-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

But apparently the mobo can only take 800mhz ram at 1.8v where as the ram I was going to get is 2.1v... I'm guessing I'll have to pick different ram then?

RJC · 14 Dec 2009 at 23:38

You can manually increase the voltage in the BIOS and adjust the speed, it may default to the lower rating.

finalcloud · 14 Dec 2009 at 23:45

RJC said:
You can manually increase the voltage in the BIOS and adjust the speed, it may default to the lower rating.

I'm such a ram noob. So I'm fine to buy this ram?

Coxyis · 15 Dec 2009 at 01:15

I'm not an expert either to be honest.

I would say that you'll be able to change the ram voltage in the bios anyway. The ram description basically says you can increase the voltage higher than the default settings?

finalcloud · 15 Dec 2009 at 01:23

I'm just a little worried that with it being a cheap mobo it won't have that option

Coxyis · 15 Dec 2009 at 01:28

I don't know anything about that board, but I honestly can't see that there wouldn't be ab option to change ram voltages...

If I were to make the decision, I would say you're good to go for it though

RJC · 15 Dec 2009 at 08:26

Checked the manual and it does have the option to increase the memory voltage. So yes the RAM will be fine

finalcloud · 15 Dec 2009 at 11:27

RJC said:
Checked the manual and it does have the option to increase the memory voltage. So yes the RAM will be fine

Thanks a lot!

EsaT · 15 Dec 2009 at 12:08

At default speed used by BIOS probably any memory should work with given default DDR2 voltage but one trick to give extra margin is to first use only one DIMM for booting and setting memory voltage to that specified in DIMMs.