compatibility with ram

[spawnwoodward]

Cooler Master HAF X case

i7-3770 k CPU 3.50 ghz

MSi  z77a g45 thunderbolt  motherboard

Corsair vengeance 1600 mhz 16 gigs 2x8 ram

Corsair H100i second gen aio cooler

ASUS ROG 1080 ti Strix edition GPU

Corsair gs 700 power supply

2 Noctua static pressure fans mounted in push on aio 

1 high airflow Noctua venting out back of case

microsoft 7 ultimate 64 bit

ASUS ROG PG279Q  monitor

My issue is I had a stick of ram die and I built this rig awhile back and just thought hey why not upgrade ram so I want to get corsair vengeance pro 2400mhz 16 gigs 2x8 ddr3 ram. But on pc part picker it says it is to much volts for my cpu is  there a way to get this to work with no bad effects or should i just go 32 gigs of vengeance or should i just get 16 gigs of new vengeance ram any knowledgeable insight would be very helpful and appreciated

 

 

 

[LogicWeasel]

Link a picture or quote on here exactly what PCPartPicker says about the RAM.  What you typed makes almost no sense at all.

Better yet a link to the build as you put it into PCPartPicker so we can open it up also.

[spawnwoodward]

• The Corsair - Vengeance Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3-2400 Memory operating voltage of 1.65 V exceeds the Intel Ivy Bridge CPU recommended maximum of 1.5 V+5% (1.575 V). This memory module may run at a reduced clock rate to meet the 1.5 V voltage recommendation, or may require running at a voltage greater than the Intel recommended maximum.

[HoneyBadger84]

If you're overly concerned about it try to find ram that is lower stock voltage. In reality it shouldn't make a huge difference unless your motherboard is junk. If nothing else you can just run it at 2133MHz at 1.55V or such and it should work with no issues. 

 

But, being on the side of caution and getting a lower rated kit is smart. 

[LogicWeasel]

Since you're dealing with a CPU that's over 7 years old now I'd think about replacing the CPU/Mobo/RAM before dumping more than $50 into RAM for a dead-end platform, the RAM speed will not fix the fact that the CPU is now a bottleneck on that GTX 1080 Ti.  It is also worth a quick check of craigslist to see if someone's trying to get rid of DDR3 as you could score a replacement for cheap.  Otherwise you have three main options, and I would strongly favor the first one (unless this is a good time to use this as an excuse to get all new CPU/Mobo/RAM in which case do that instead):

 

Option 1: $43.99   Replace the stick that died and get a nice matching stick of Vengeance to go back to 16GB of Corsair 1600Mhz 
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bYjG3C/corsair-memory-cmz8gx3m1a1600c10

Option 2: $72.99   Get a faster kit without hitting diminishing returns, if you really just want to get rid of your 8GB stick of Corsair Vengeance
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zsTmP6/patriot-memory-pv316g186c0k

Option 3: $94.99   This is the go-HAM option as you're getting DDR3-2133 running at 1.5 Volts, not bad, but it's throwing money at almost no real gain  
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zQFPxr/gskill-memory-f32133c11d16gxl