Safe voltages i6700k / 3000mhz ram

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SuneDK

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Just curious, when using 2133 ram which is intended to run at 3000mhz (gskill ripjaws) and running a mild overclock @4.4ghz ... is it fine to drop the voltage as low as possible until instability happen?

Right now i'm running manual mode @1.300 voltage @LLC 5 (using the ram XMP profile forces voltage at 1.35 unless i go manual) ... I'm just wondering, is it safe to try and push it lower than 1.300, despite the ram "claiming" to need 1.350? :)

 
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It could lead to instability if you put the voltage too Low...


But why would you want to turn the voltage down to its lowest? Unless you really want to longen its lifespan that badly... in which they still last quite Long don't worry

Even ram overclocked with XMP profiles still last a good few years
 
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Well, the less voltage the less heat and less power consumed of course, so I kinda see it as making it all more efficient (and yes slightly more lifespan on components).
 
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Anyhow :) I made sure everything is stable and then now I switched to "adaptive mode" with an offset of 0.005v

It's lowered temps by 10 celcius averagely and voltage now drops to 0.848 when idle.
It also only went to 1.264 maximum voltage during stress test, so a bit lower than the previous manual 1.3

I'm wondering though, did ASUS change something with adaptive mode in bios updates? I seem to remember when first i received this mobo and was toying around with settings that it was possible to use adaptive mode and input a baseline voltage like 1.25 and then add an offset and the chip would still drop to 0.845 in idle etc.

Now after upgrading bios a few times i'm noticing that under adaptive mode, there is no longer a baseline you add, only an offset and a turbo offset? :)
I just remember wrong possibly ;P
 
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