The Hardware Behind Overdrive

RAM: DDR3-2000+ by Kingston

All overclocking teams receive a total of four DDR3 DIMMs, which allows them to run three DIMMs in a tri-channel configuration on X58 and Core i7 at our finals, or different dual channel combinations on the P45D3 Platinum motherboards at the trials in the US, France, Germany, Italy and Taiwan. The HyperX DIMMs can be operated at voltages of 1.8V to 1.9 V when running at low memory speeds at JEDEC timings. At our Overdrive events, however, we expect the teams to push the memory to ridiculous DDR3 speeds to support maximum performance. This will require the voltage to be adjusted to 2.3V to 2.5 V. Although we don’t recommend doing this for your everyday PC, it is an important step in reaching faster clock speeds.

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