Memory/Motherboard voltage

[Shuriken]

My potential system includes:


GA-EP45C-DS3
OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 / 1066 MHz / Reaper HPC Edition / 4GB / Dual Channel


Now, perhaps this is not an issue at all, but since I'm kind of a beginner in this, I'll ask anyways...

the RAM has a (recommended?) voltage of 2.1-2.2V, the MB on the other hand has 4 slots for 1.8V DDR2 memory. Are these two compatible? Should I be worried? :-/

[thideras]

:welcome: to the forums!

1.8v on the board just means that is the "default" voltage, you can set it higher. Since the RAM is rated for 1066 @ 2.1v, my guess is they should do 800 @ 1.8v for the first time you start it up. Basically, you just need to force it to 2.1v and then change the RAM speed to its rated speed.

[meionm]

It will work with the motherboard but you have to set speed/voltage manually and have multiplier that goes that high. Without any adjustment to speed, memory will run at 1.8v and pc6400 speed