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Wrong voltage on memory. Am I at risk?

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  • Asus
  • G.SKILL
  • Memory
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August 19, 2014 5:40:51 AM

I bought some G Skill memory for an Asus Z97-ws but then changed the board to an Asus Z97 Maximus Hero VII. I am getting a message on PCPartPicker as follows:

"The G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory operating voltage of 1.6V exceeds the Intel Haswell Refresh CPU recommended maximum of 1.5V+5% (1.575V). This memory module may run at a reduced clock rate to meet the 1.5V voltage recommendation, or may require running at a voltage greater than the Intel recommended maximum."

Here is the build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8H9Bzy

I spent $204 on this memory and of course as of today I'm 31 days with NewEgg so it doesn't give me the option to return it. Is this serious enough to where I should trash it and buy different memory?

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August 19, 2014 6:48:25 AM

That is basically just overclocking. It will increase the temperature in the chip a little bit to run the memory controller at that voltage.
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August 19, 2014 8:34:25 AM

No problem, 1.5 is suggested for base sticks at 1600
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August 19, 2014 12:43:58 PM

In the advanced section of BIOS/EFI, the first option is AI Overclock Tuner in the AI Tweaker page, set that to XMP Profile 1 and you're ready to go at full speed!
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