Raising the voltage of the RAM

Garfield · May 9, 2002

Is this recommended? My FSB is running at 155, is it time to raise the voltage of my RAM? I really don't want to fry it, but the RAM does need to get the necessary voltage. What do you think? How much do I raise it? 0.10V?

Yodums · May 9, 2002

What kind of ram do you have? How are you determining it needs more voltage? What's your voltage now? Anything to 2.65v is safe, 2.75v+ IMHO needs good airflow or any kind of air over the RAM.

Jon · May 9, 2002

Necessary voltage would be what it runs stable at. If it's perfectly stable how it is now, I see no reason why you would want to raise it.

Arkaine23 · May 9, 2002

vdimm

Unless raising the voltage helps you get higher FSB stable that is... Should be pretty safe to 2.8 with good airflow.

Garfield · May 9, 2002

Well, I'm not having unstability with my RAM. If I remember correctly, I think my RAM is at 2.2V. I'm not sure, but that sounds right. So, I shouldn't raise it then, due to my stability?

Crucial 256M DDR

Jon · May 9, 2002

Default is 2.5V and if it's stable, leave it alone. Only reason there is to raise is if instability occurrs and you know it's memory related or, as Yodums and Arkaine said, you want to go for higher bus speeds...in that case, more voltage is commonly needed but shouldn't be applied unless you're unable to continue going up in frequency.

Garfield · May 9, 2002

Right now the bus of the RAM (which is 2 x FSB, right) would be...

2 x 155 = 310MHz

Is this correct?

Genoide · May 9, 2002

I have mines @ 167 crucial ram with heat sinks with a sunon fann horisontally blowing air into it and its at 3.0 volts max timings and settings.....

Yodums · May 9, 2002

No you don't add voltage unless it's totally necessary to (As mentioned, when your unstable).

Garfield · May 10, 2002

Why/how would you put heatsinks on your RAM!?

Yodums · May 10, 2002

Garfield said:
Why/how would you put heatsinks on your RAM!?

Don't bother they don't do anything, you should worry about air over them.

Like a CPU, the purpose of putting on ramsinks is to cool it.

Yodums

hardlined · May 11, 2002

Would little heatsinks on each chip or a heat spreader be better?

Yodums said:
Don't bother they don't do anything, you should worry about air over them.

Like a CPU, the purpose of putting on ramsinks is to cool it.

Yodums

Mhypertext · May 12, 2002

if u really think u need cooling on your ram open your case and feel it i have my fsb at 172 CL 2T on the memory and 2.7 volts my memory never gets hot
in my opinion ram sinks are for looks
cause ram simply put does not get that hot
unless x treme voltage and overclocking

Yodums · May 12, 2002

hardlined said:
Would little heatsinks on each chip or a heat spreader be better?

Useless. From what I've read they do nothing, and only gives you 3-4 more mhz? The important thing you should be worried is the airflow in your case, and if it's effective.

Yodums

Genoide · May 12, 2002

any of you guys bought from him ?

hardlined · May 12, 2002

Well I am gonna stick them on my video card cause sometimes those get very hot.

Yodums said:
Useless. From what I've read they do nothing, and only gives you 3-4 more mhz? The important thing you should be worried is the airflow in your case, and if it's effective.

Yodums

Yodums · May 13, 2002

hardlined said:
Well I am gonna stick them on my video card cause sometimes those get very hot.

If it was on your video card, then it's a very good reason. You have to use Arctic Alumina Adhensive though because it isn't conductive or capcitive.

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