question of voltages

Dicehunter · 25 Nov 2008 at 13:37

I have the following ram - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-105-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813&name=OCZ%204GB%20(2x2GB)%20PC2-6400C4%20800MHz%20ReaperX%20HPC%20Enhanced%20Bandwidth%20Edition%20Dual%20Channel%20DDR2%20(OCZ2RPX800EB4GK) - and if you look were it says 2.1 volts does that mean i have to set it as that in the bios ? (still an overclocking noobie

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Tuvoc · 25 Nov 2008 at 14:03

Lower volts means cooler running and longer life - although with a lifetime guarantee you may say that doesn't matter...
I always try to undervolt RAM, testing it thoroughly of course with memtest and Prime95 and IntelBurnTest

It is also motherboard dependent - the quality of the power regulation means that RAM may need more voltage on one board than on another

Dicehunter · 25 Nov 2008 at 14:15

thats all excellent info and i thank you for it but as it says 2.1v does that mean i should set it at 2.1v ?

phil675 · 25 Nov 2008 at 16:38

DF1986 said:
thats all excellent info and i thank you for it but as it says 2.1v does that mean i should set it at 2.1v ?

It means it will go up to 2.1v without anything going wrong, but if you can run it at less than that, then there is really no need.

Dicehunter · 25 Nov 2008 at 16:42

Well currently ive got it running at 1.8v bios setting and it seems to be doing fine, just got to do the 2 hour run of p95 now and im done.