Running 1.65V RAM on a 1.5V rated motherboard?

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thesuperguy

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If I were to purchase RAM rated at 1.65V, and install it on a motherboard with slots rated at 1.5V, would I have to underclock the voltage and potentially the frequency as well or can I just stick it in and run it as is?
 
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The voltage from the RAM runs through part of the processor too . It voids your warranty .

Intel say 1.65 volts is an extreme overclocking voltage . AMD might last a bit better

If you run 1.65 volt RAM at 1.5 volts you still void the warranty and you will probably have to drop the frequency or slacken the timings to get it to run
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You can buy 1.65V ram, but you would have to undervolt it in the BIOS to 1.5v. I don't believe the speed would be affected.

It would be much simpler and less stressful to just buy a 1.5v rated set of ram. 8gb is ~$60 I think.
 
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...yes? That's the only guaranteed way of not damaging anything. But most likely you would be fine.

But why are you buying 1.65v memory anyways? That's usually indicative of cruddy manufacturing, at least if it's rated at speeds one commonly finds 1.5v memory for.
 
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The voltage from the RAM runs through part of the processor too . It voids your warranty .

Intel say 1.65 volts is an extreme overclocking voltage . AMD might last a bit better

If you run 1.65 volt RAM at 1.5 volts you still void the warranty and you will probably have to drop the frequency or slacken the timings to get it to run
 
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thesuperguy

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The thing is, I'm on an extremely strict budget and I'm trying to squeeze the best out of the other main components. I literally don't have the extra 10 dollars to spend on RAM that is at 1.5V and if I did purchase 1.5V RAM, it would have to be a single stick which is cheaper.

I think I might just go with a single stick of 8gb because it seems like dual channel really isn't as great as so many claim. I also get the convenience of being able to upgrade to 16 easily in the future.
 
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