How will I know I when to stop upping voltage to my RAM?

[Efekkt]

hey guys, i'm pretty much a nub at overclocking and voltages so i was wondering how will i know when to stop upping the voltage on my RAM. it's currently set at 1.8v and i know for a fact that it's too low because my system is unstable and keeps crashing every now and then.

1. i was wondering if there's any good software that i can d/l to show me that my pc is stable?

2. if i up the voltage on my ram, will i need to up the voltage for the other stuff on my mobo?

any answers would seriously help. thanks!

edit: if it helps, i'm using a pair of crucial ballistix PC8500 2GB.

 

[VonBlade]

Crucial Ballistix PC8500 needs 2.0v according to Crucial.

Linkage.

 

[Ham]

Don't go higher than around 2.2v for 24/7 use or you risk frying your ram. 2.1v is a good place to sit for stability.

For testing how stable memory is memtest86 is the best tool. Others would be OCCT or Orthos/Prime95.

 

[Efekkt]

if i up the voltage on my ram, will i need to up the voltage anywhere else tho?

 

[Ham]

Might need some MCH (northbridge) voltage to keep things stable if your using high clocks or 4 sticks of ram. But not normaly no.

 

[Efekkt]

Might need some MCH (northbridge) voltage to keep things stable if your using high clocks or 4 sticks of ram. But not normaly no.

i'm on the standard 5-5-5-15 timings, so shouldn't be a problem yeah? thanks once again, guys. i'm gonna go try the new settings now.

 

[Ham]

1066Mhz (your rams rated frequency), 5-5-5-15 @ 2.1v should work perfectly.

 

[Freak]

software?

someone I know recommended

memtest for memory

orthos cpu for cpu

and then rthdribl for graphics I like furmark

I would use orthos to stress both cpu and memory. Each seperately when overclocking each on its own. And then a blend test. whilst using furmark to stress the graphics.

that way you have the most heat in the system that you will ever get.

I forgot that you needed 15 posts. I was one away and lost them.....

h ttp://w ww.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/ - furmark

h ttp://w ww.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/#Download - rthdribl

h ttp:// sp2004.fre3.com/beta/beta2.htm - Orthos

h ttp://w ww.memtest.org/#downiso - memetst

 

[Efekkt]

software?

someone I know recommended

memtest for memory

orthos cpu for cpu

and then rthdribl for graphics I like furmark

I would use orthos to stress both cpu and memory. Each seperately when overclocking each on its own. And then a blend test. whilst using furmark to stress the graphics.

that way you have the most heat in the system that you will ever get.

I forgot that you needed 15 posts. I was one away and lost them.....

h ttp://w ww.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/ - furmark

h ttp://w ww.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/#Download - rthdribl

h ttp:// sp2004.fre3.com/beta/beta2.htm - Orthos

h ttp://w ww.memtest.org/#downiso - memetst

aw, thanks for the links. i'll defs check them out.

and i changed my voltage to 2.1 and all's good! thanks everyone!

 

[Freak]

Yeah your safe with a +.1v with ram. Anything more than that and you need to know it can handle it.

 

[GavX]

Much more fun to stick 2.45v through these modules I find and see if they run at StupidMhz As said without good cooling it can be fairly bad, but I imagine you crash before killing the memory module. I thought PC8500 was 2.2v myself from Crucial, oh well

Mine are 2.2v