Ram/Mobo/ general system advice?

Mike Hackett · Oct 5, 2013

Will i be ok with a set of 2 x 4gb ram (link to follow) that is rated at 1.65V on an Asrock 970 extreme 3 mobo? i dont know for the life of me what ram slot the mobo is rated at, all i can find is that i can overclock it, not that i know how to over clock, my first build obviously. link : http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/mike22122/saved/2uzs

smorizio · Oct 5, 2013

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme3/?cat=Memory

Mike Hackett · Oct 5, 2013

yes, I've seen this but nowhere does it either mention the brand of ram i use or the voltages it can accept, the brand i believe is relatively new ? and at £39 for 8 gigs would really be great

smorizio · Oct 5, 2013

1.65 ram will run in your mb.you may have to set the voltage in the bios for it. newer ddr3 ram is 1.5v or less.

Mike Hackett · Oct 5, 2013

will that reduce it from 1600? there is about £20 difference to go up to the next cheapest ram at 1600, is that worth it given any potential loss in performance?

Mike Hackett · Oct 5, 2013

found same brand same price different model at 1.35v, i really have no idea when it comes to this but this is better no?

smorizio · Oct 5, 2013

amd motherboards and intel motherboards handle ram differently. intel uses xmp profile for newer 1600 and faster ram. the mb read eprom of the ram and reads the xmp profile and set the speed by it. some amd newer chipset have amd version of xmp profile. on first boot on amd mb most 1600 ram going to be set at 1333 speed intel the user changes the ram timing in the bios.
edit as ram vendors use newer smaller ram chips the voltage on the chips went down. most stock ram is 1.65 or 1.5v the newer 1.35 is low power ram and some mb can have issues.

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