CPU and RAM voltage

[cocobean]

Hi everyone,

I've been considering making the purchase of the AMD Phenom II X6 1100T CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-913-_-Product

Along with some Corsair Vengeance RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233143

However, the voltages don't seem to match up. The CPU is rated at 1.0V-1.475V, and the RAM is rated at 1.5V (each according to Newegg's descriptions).

Is it safe to mix these two products together? Or will they slowly degrade each other over time by mixing the two different voltages?

 

[Bartman39]

Hi everyone,

I've been considering making the purchase of the AMD Phenom II X6 1100T CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-913-_-Product

Along with some Corsair Vengeance RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233143

However, the voltages don't seem to match up. The CPU is rated at 1.0V-1.475V, and the RAM is rated at 1.5V (each according to Newegg's descriptions).

Is it safe to mix these two products together? Or will they slowly degrade each other over time by mixing the two different voltages?

With the current AMD cpu/board config the voltages are independant and do not affect each other unlike the I7 generations of Intel where the memory controller is directly affected... Might be a bit off but others may help to explain this...?

 

[cocobean]

So this particular AMD CPU I'm looking at shouldn't be a problem to pair with that Corsair RAM, because their voltages are handled independently from each other? And this is different from how Intel designs their CPUs?

 

[Bartman39]

Yes AMD has not done this with the Ph II cpu`s but I think BD may...? Havent read much on this for AMD just yet... To be honest for price/performance the SB processors basicly slaugher the Ph II based processors... Not an opinion just a fact... You cant go wrong with something like a SB 2500K if you OC or if not then save a few $$$ and go with a non-K version...

Memory voltage. Although this voltage setting seems to have nothing to do with the CPU, it affects not only the overclocking potential of the DDR3 SDRAM in your system. The same voltage is used for the memory controller that moved to the CPU from the chipset. It sets certain limits to the maximum possible setting for this parameter. Intel strongly advises that it shouldn’t be raised past 1.65V. Ignoring this warning may cause the frequency potential of the damaged CPU to go down permanently.

Taken from here under voltages & temps... Note this is for first generation I7 cpu`s not SB but still applies to memory voltage and the cpu...

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-920-overclocking.html