Ok so I just finished building my new rig - Asus Rampage III Formula, Core i7 950 and 6GB, 2000Mghz Kingston HyperX. At first I want to try if everything works at it's rated speed, so I simply went into the BIOS and chose XMP Profile 1 - the speed, timing, and voltage for the ram at the advertised specs.
Everything works indeed, except the fact that the QPI/Dram core voltage was set at 1.7V! I noticed it because the BIOS was showing it in red... I've read that when OCing, QPI voltage should be maybe around 1.3V, but when I tried setting it manually the PC refused to even boot into windows with anything less than 1.5V! Why is the XMP preset at such a high voltage?! Isn't that going to damage something?
What can I do now - I got this nice and fast ram and I'm afraid to run it at that voltage
I really need some advice on this one.... It's still not too late to return the ram if it comes to it...
Everything works indeed, except the fact that the QPI/Dram core voltage was set at 1.7V! I noticed it because the BIOS was showing it in red... I've read that when OCing, QPI voltage should be maybe around 1.3V, but when I tried setting it manually the PC refused to even boot into windows with anything less than 1.5V! Why is the XMP preset at such a high voltage?! Isn't that going to damage something?
What can I do now - I got this nice and fast ram and I'm afraid to run it at that voltage
I really need some advice on this one.... It's still not too late to return the ram if it comes to it...