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1.65v on RAM, safe?

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I'm running a 4690k at 4.7GHz, 1.295v. Was wondering if I could get more out of my RAM. It is currently at 2000MHz, dropped from 2133MHz because it was giving me BSODs after about 20 minutes of running the system. Both those frequencies are on 1.6v because I wasn't really sure if 1.65v would be safe? or reliable? And Reads, Writes and Copies benchmark (On AIDA64) on the 2133MHz was giving me 16000MB/s on each, the 2000MHz is giving me 15000MB/s, 15000MB/s, 14000MB/s.

 

Is it safe it to run the RAM at 1.65v for testing? and if stable, for 24/7 use?
Oh, and it's Kingston HyperX Fury 1866MHz RAM on an Asus Z97-A motherboard

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Yep

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Your board may not support that voltage for RAM. When MOBO' s don't support a certain voltage, it downclocks the RAM to match acceptable voltages.

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You know OC RAM is Negligible in every day use right?

This.  Fast RAM is pointless except for benchmarks.

Workstation:  9800X3D|| Asus X670E ProArt Creator || MSI Gaming Trio 4090 Shunt || T.Force 7800CL34 || Corsair AX1600i@240V || whole-house loop.

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Server Router (Untangle): 13600k @ P-Core only || ASRock Z690 ITX || All 10Gbe || 2x8GB 3200 || PicoPSU 150W 24pin + AX1200i on CPU|| whole-house loop

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Same reason my 2400mhz Is at 2666mhz.

Cos it can.

My opinion is it's not worth the risk that the memory will throw more undetectable errors.  Hell I'd run ECC if you didn't have to have a slow Xeon to support it.

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Server Router (Untangle): 13600k @ P-Core only || ASRock Z690 ITX || All 10Gbe || 2x8GB 3200 || PicoPSU 150W 24pin + AX1200i on CPU|| whole-house loop

Server Compute/Storage: 10850K @ 5.1Ghz || Gigabyte Z490 Ultra || EVGA FTW3 3090 1000W || LSI 9280i-24 port || 4TB Samsung 860 Evo, 5x10TB Seagate Enterprise Raid 6, 4x8TB Seagate Archive Backup ||  whole-house loop.

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This.  Fast RAM is pointless except for benchmarks.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-core-i3-6100-review

 

Never say never. There are always cases where faster ram may matter. Now they may not always be common to everyone but there are certainly times when it helps to have faster ram, esp in APU builds and now it looks like the 6th gen I3's will like faster ram as well.

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