bh5 @ 3.3v - how safe is it ?

ecksmen · Feb 15, 2004

Hey all,

If I run my Twinmoss 3200 bh5 2 x 256mb sticks at 3.3v I can reach over 240mhz with rather tight timings. Is it safe to run the ram at this voltage ? Will it suddenly die or just reduce its life, anyone have any thoughts or experiences?

Cheers,

Ecks

musk · Feb 15, 2004

Safe?

If you are worried about a fire I would blow some air across your memory at 3.3v

Your enemy is heat so I would protect myself against that first.

musk

ecksmen · Feb 15, 2004

Well the ram doesnt even seem to get warm, not like I would have thought. I'm unable to take an exact measurement. But using the old stick ur finger on it and see if shes hot returns a negative.

Ecks

craig588 · Feb 15, 2004

I have been running 3.3V on my BH5 for a few months now without any problems.

Juice2 · Feb 16, 2004

I've run my mushkins at 3.2v for about a week. I am running it at 3v now. I got scared lol

musk · Feb 16, 2004

How Hot

Juice,

were they hot to the touch? I was putting the v's to some BT-D43 and it got smokin' hot. I ordered some spreaders to see what that will do but they were hot above 3.0v

musk

wannaoc · Feb 16, 2004

The spreaders should help it out some and make sure you have good airflow as well. I run 3.1 through my Mushkin....or at least did untill I screwed my BIOS. I've seen where people run 3.5+ and they take it no problems. If its quality built ram with the chips on it they will be fine.

Shade00 · Feb 16, 2004

Most of the time you see guys running 3.5v+ through their RAM, it's just to see how high it'll go. They don't leave it at that speed.

BH-5 should be fine at 3.3v, but I find it hard to believe that it takes that much to reach 240 with tight timings. Most BH-5 should do that with 3.1 or 3.2v, sometimes even 3.0.

flapperhead · Feb 16, 2004

the legendary hipro5 has been running somebh5/6 valueram at 3.4, 3.5v for about a year with no problems...

ShaDrag · Feb 16, 2004

The ram should be ok as long as they get at least a little ariflow. If my sitcks get no airflow then they get insanely hot even at 2.7v, but a tiny bit of air and 3.2v is cool to the touch.

Juice2 · Feb 17, 2004

musk,

I can't tell you exactly how hot it gets but it does get hot, but not enough to burn my fingers.

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