But that makes no sense. Whats the point of that? How can you set the voltage without putting RAM in the first place?
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The i7 has landed for pre-order.
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But that makes no sense. Whats the point of that? How can you set the voltage without putting RAM in the first place?
Soldato
Presumably when changing from one setup to another?
So to put in performance RAM you have to buy some cheap RAM first just to set the voltage to 1.65v?
Besides the board will just default to jedec standards which is 1.5v anyway.
can anyone explain why http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ue Edition 1866C8 (6x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3
is 493 £ when u can buy the same ram http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...n 1866C8 (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (CS3222770)
3 times and pay 458 £ ? i always though if you buy in bigger bulks u get it cheaper ? ocuk think in different way?
is 493 £ when u can buy the same ram http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...n 1866C8 (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (CS3222770)
3 times and pay 458 £ ? i always though if you buy in bigger bulks u get it cheaper ? ocuk think in different way?
At a guess I would say that it is because not many people are selling in packs of 6GB yet...still seems odd though!
It seems a little pricey for me! Think I may upgrade to Wolfdale at Christmas, then go i7 when Windows 7 comes out; don't want to change mobos and therefore need a new OEM key for my Vista install!
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I find it odd that they're selling 6x1GB instead of 3x2GB.
If you look at the price difference between two packs of 2x1GB and one pack of 2x2GB and use that as a base, then 3x2GB should be about £280
If you look at the price difference between two packs of 2x1GB and one pack of 2x2GB and use that as a base, then 3x2GB should be about £280
so im confused if i buy http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...GB) CAS7 Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL7D-4GBHZ) this ram it will damage cpu as it uses 1.9v?
Supposely yes. remember that this will boot at 1.5v at a lower speed. Then you would normally set the correct voltages, speed and timings. But if you place a 1.65v limit, you wont be able to get 7-7-7-18 at those speeds.
Soldato
hope prices drop by a fair bit by next year, also hope more CPU's come out as only 3 atm is a small amount
I think it may be best to buy i7 when fast lower voltage ram becomes available. Hopefully memory companies know about this problem already and are preparing low voltage ram, and we hopefully shouldn`t have long before we see them come avalible.
Soldato
Yeah that seems odd but thankfully I found some 1600mhz ddr3 ram which are rated to work at 1.5v: http://www.geil.com.tw/products/showSpec/id/138
I hope ocuk gets triple channel version of these rams.
Something has gone very wrong here, When setting VDIMM voltage it has ZERO affect on the CPU or the onboard memory controller, All it does it set the voltage that supplys the RAM, The ES sample i have used works like this and i would expect all other board to be pretty much the same, Maybe ASUS has dont something rather strange with there board, The intel board i have used DOES NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE.
Man of Honour
Well whats with the picture of the label, that says it? :S
So very exspensive could be problems with ram well thats sold it to me where do i pre-order 
. Sorry but this is defo one for the more money then sense early adopter brigade and i can't really see it doing me any better for what i do right now then my oc'd 9450.
. Sorry but this is defo one for the more money then sense early adopter brigade and i can't really see it doing me any better for what i do right now then my oc'd 9450.