Memory power question

Tyranos

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As memory speeds go up from say 166 to 210mhz, can the voltage or amps it uses go up with it, regardless of vdimm?

 

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Yes, chips always draw more current as the clockspeed increases, meaning power draw also goes us. RAM doesn't eat up much power though.

 

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Hmm, I see. Do you think it would be possible that say, 2 sticks of memory could draw just enough power at speeds of ~180mhz to make a system with a dying psu unstable?

 

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It's possible, thought I would say unlikely. One DIMM usually draws about 8-10W (give or take). Overclocking two DIMMs by 10-20% probably only translates to a couple Watt increase. That shouldn't be enough to affect a PSU much.