Need help: Memory Voltage

[senpai91]

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Good day! Fellow Enthusiasts

I have a dual channel memory kit 8GB(2x4) at 1.5V. Okay raba if parisan nako ug lain kit but running at different voltages like 1.25 perhaps?

[wylliexhan]

If you have two or more different RAMs then you need to manually set the Voltage, Timings and Frequency Speed in the BIOS.

[senpai91]

I was planning to buy another kit, still have another pair of banks. So, if I were to tweak the settings, which pair is preferable the 1.5 or 1.25?

[keropi]

I was planning to buy another kit, still have another pair of banks. So, if I were to tweak the settings, which pair is preferable the 1.5 or 1.25?

Some people are quite meticulous with their rams. Personally, i would prefer the 1.5v if the 1.25v are 1-rank sticks, which they likely will be. Also, older 40nm low voltage rams dont scale well with voltage but run well at tighter timings while 30nm 1.35v chips (samsung, hynix) love to be tweaked in both timings and voltage departments. Regular 1.5v, provided they use up-to-date chips, including those from Elpida, tweak very well also. Too many things to consider if i have to say. And too many rams out there. What exactly do you have atm and what are you planning to buy?

[senpai91]

Some people are quite meticulous with their rams. Personally, i would prefer the 1.5v if the 1.25v are 1-rank sticks, which they likely will be. Also, older 40nm low voltage rams dont scale well with voltage but run well at tighter timings while 30nm 1.35v chips (samsung, hynix) love to be tweaked in both timings and voltage departments. Regular 1.5v, provided they use up-to-date chips, including those from Elpida, tweak very well also. Too many things to consider if i have to say. And too many rams out there. What exactly do you have atm and what are you planning to buy?

I currently have G Skill Sniper CL9 1600 at 1.5 just at stock settings(straight out of the package don't like tweaking that much)...i would like to buy another kit, but I haven't seen any 1.5 yet, only 1.25.

[keropi]

I currently have G Skill Sniper CL9 1600 at 1.5 just at stock settings(straight out of the package don't like tweaking that much)...i would like to buy another kit, but I haven't seen any 1.5 yet, only 1.25.

The 1.25v are also 1600mhz right? They should work well together at 1.5v. Theres a very chance they wont but theres an easy trick for that. Just pm me in case.

As to which of them is a keeper, i dont find it a reasonable move to buy a new 1.25v ram then get rid of the older 1.5v. Theres simply no gain, unless the replacement is a 16gb kit and you need the extra capacity for editing apps.

[senpai91]

The 1.25v are also 1600mhz right? They should work well together at 1.5v. Theres a very chance they wont but theres an easy trick for that. Just pm me in case.

As to which of them is a keeper, i dont find it a reasonable move to buy a new 1.25v ram then get rid of the older 1.5v. Theres simply no gain, unless the replacement is a 16gb kit and you need the extra capacity for editing apps.

I'm buying another 2x4GB to make it 16GB(not for gaming purposes though it won't benefit from that), Its for photo editing and bitmap/vector design and layout. Adobe illustrator is a pain when have you too many vector objects.