Quote Originally Posted by OC Nub View Post
I dont normally run ram above 1.65v even for benching. I have 2 kits of hypers, for daily use what would a safe maximum voltage be to try and get them to run at the rated speed {2000mhz) without killing the ram? I am less concerned about damage to the chip, it is not golden and they are cheap at microcenter.
If people run CPU's at 1.35-1.45V (8-16% increase from default), IMC's at same 1.35-1.45V (12.5-20.8% increase), why not memory at 1.75-1.8V (only 6-9% increase)?

Usually there is no significant increase in overclockability above 1.7-1.75, but if your memory can't run at rated speed, why would you care if you kill it? RMA it.

I ran my Mushkin Redlines on DFI UT X58 at 1.71V 24/7 until I bought R3E and now memory works like a charm at 1.65V (rated, overclocked, whatever...)