truflip
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SITUATION:
I have 2x512MB of these Generic ram modules with Samsung chips in them. They are NOT OC'ing ram, but I just have to OC them. my FSB is currently at 245 and my ram WAS at 166mhz. i guess thats 5:3 ratio. Recently, I felt the need to try out 200mhz again (my PC failed to do 200mhz back then) with a fan blowing on the ram modules.
here are my results:
RAM SPEED: 166mhz to 200mhz
Read: 4720 > 5940 MB/s
Write: 3220 > 4062 MB/s
Copy: 3683 > 4627 MB/s
Latency: 62ns > 53ns
I have tested my system again (with a small fan blowing a bit of air to the ram modules) and prime95 ran 13hours no problem. I ran Memtest86 and gave me no errors.
BUT, there was one incident in which, after testing with prime95, i restarted to 'refresh' my computer and it gave me a BSOD with 0x0000007E error. so i promtly restarted and everythings been fine ever since.
QUESTION 1
now heres my question: what risks am i looking at by turning up the VDIMM or ram voltage up a bit from 2.61v to 2.75v? As of right now, the system is stable but for maximum stability and to insure this stability, i would like to boost up the voltage a little.
will my ram die within the next year? will i burn the chips, will i risk corrupting my files/harddrive?
QUESTION 2
looking at the results above, is that a big difference in real life applications? is it worth the risk of OCing a non-OCing ram? someone please let me know
I have 2x512MB of these Generic ram modules with Samsung chips in them. They are NOT OC'ing ram, but I just have to OC them. my FSB is currently at 245 and my ram WAS at 166mhz. i guess thats 5:3 ratio. Recently, I felt the need to try out 200mhz again (my PC failed to do 200mhz back then) with a fan blowing on the ram modules.
here are my results:
RAM SPEED: 166mhz to 200mhz
Read: 4720 > 5940 MB/s
Write: 3220 > 4062 MB/s
Copy: 3683 > 4627 MB/s
Latency: 62ns > 53ns
I have tested my system again (with a small fan blowing a bit of air to the ram modules) and prime95 ran 13hours no problem. I ran Memtest86 and gave me no errors.
BUT, there was one incident in which, after testing with prime95, i restarted to 'refresh' my computer and it gave me a BSOD with 0x0000007E error. so i promtly restarted and everythings been fine ever since.
QUESTION 1
now heres my question: what risks am i looking at by turning up the VDIMM or ram voltage up a bit from 2.61v to 2.75v? As of right now, the system is stable but for maximum stability and to insure this stability, i would like to boost up the voltage a little.
will my ram die within the next year? will i burn the chips, will i risk corrupting my files/harddrive?
QUESTION 2
looking at the results above, is that a big difference in real life applications? is it worth the risk of OCing a non-OCing ram? someone please let me know