I'm still a newbie when it comes to the more advanced sides of PC gaming and the word 'overclocking' still scares me. However, I recently upgraded from 2x2GB to 4x2GB Kingston 1333MHz/CL7 memory and noticed that though they advertise a latency of 7 that's only if you run it at XMP specs (1.65V).
Since I thought it was unfair of them to advertise a lower latency than I am actually running, I felt that I had to change it to 7. There were two options: switching to XMP, or manually changing the latency to 7-7-7-20.
Even though my memory is 1333MHz and my CPU is an i5 750 at stock speed (2.66GHz), I believe using XMP would be considered overclocking and therefore void the CPU warranty, is that correct? I know that doesn't really matter but I don't want to mess with my CPU just yet. If it is, I'd prefer manually setting the values in BIOS. However, when I tried that, the RAM voltage went up to ~1.78V according to my BIOS (EDIT: obviously because I have a kit of 4... stupid me). Should I manually change the RAM voltage to 1.65V (and/or try a CL of 8) or is the higher voltage not a problem? (I did notice that at stock speeds it already uses 1.54V instead of the advertised 1.5V...)
In short: I'm looking for some recommendations on how to decrease my RAM's Cas-latency to what it should be, in as simple and safe a way as humanly possible. Any advice would be appreciated!
(And once again: I am aware that I'm worrying over a lot of things that shouldn't be worried about, but I would really like to start at the beginning. Thanks.)
Since I thought it was unfair of them to advertise a lower latency than I am actually running, I felt that I had to change it to 7. There were two options: switching to XMP, or manually changing the latency to 7-7-7-20.
Even though my memory is 1333MHz and my CPU is an i5 750 at stock speed (2.66GHz), I believe using XMP would be considered overclocking and therefore void the CPU warranty, is that correct? I know that doesn't really matter but I don't want to mess with my CPU just yet. If it is, I'd prefer manually setting the values in BIOS. However, when I tried that, the RAM voltage went up to ~1.78V according to my BIOS (EDIT: obviously because I have a kit of 4... stupid me). Should I manually change the RAM voltage to 1.65V (and/or try a CL of 8) or is the higher voltage not a problem? (I did notice that at stock speeds it already uses 1.54V instead of the advertised 1.5V...)
In short: I'm looking for some recommendations on how to decrease my RAM's Cas-latency to what it should be, in as simple and safe a way as humanly possible. Any advice would be appreciated!
(And once again: I am aware that I'm worrying over a lot of things that shouldn't be worried about, but I would really like to start at the beginning. Thanks.)