I7 4790K And Corsair Dominator Platinum

[Elitepro]

Hey guys, i need answer i wanna buy i7 4790k and maximus vii hero, corsair dominator platinum ddr3 2133mhz cl9 1.65v, can this cpu work fine with that memory voltage because cpu vr is 1.5volt! i hear if memory voltage is higher than cpu vr that can be bad for cpu lifetime..

 

[Le Llama]

The motherboard ought to under volt and under clock it automatically to a safe voltage of 1.5 V and a slower frequency, this frequency will be 1600 MHz as can also be seen on the website of ASUS http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_VII_HERO/specifications/ , all the other frequencies are OC and should be altered manually in the motherboard. If this is not the case and the pc actually starts with full frequency and 1.65 V you can always just undervolt the RAM module by changing its timing which is relatively easy in the new ASUS UEFI AMI BIOS. I have a ASUS H97 ME mobo with an Intel core i5 4590, and the mobo automatically under volts and reduce the frequency of my Kingston stick from 1600 Mhz to 1333 Mhz and from 1.65V to 1.5V which is safe for all Haswell CPUs.

 

[stormflakes]

Hey,

i got 1.5V memory just for that.
If you still want to oc, this memory is very stable and will easily go to 2133mhz.

Kingston Fury Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 CAS 10