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    more volts on ram = less heat??!!

    im testing this too atm,

    but id like to hear it too from someone who knows...

    i have my pc at 10x250 atm
    with 1.55v x 104% on cpu (less wont do 10x250)
    and my corsair ram tweaked to the max at 2.6v

    now this setup only works when i have my EXTREMELY LOUD 120mm fan aimed at the ram, or more precise, a lil to the right of the ram... (first it was right on the ram, but it still wasnt 100% stable then when looping memtest 8 long time with the 120mm fan @ 7v... after turning the fan a lil to the right it was)

    at 7v that fan is still louder and more cmf then my coolermaster fans at 12v, so it still is quite alot airflow when its pointed straight on the board...
    so i think something must be getting really hot then

    i am thinking now that pwm ic or one of the mofsets (or whatever those things that get hot are called) at the right of the mem are the cause (since mem is only running 2.6v it should get sooooo hot that it needs sooooo much airflow)

    now normally i would think 2.6v stresses the mobo and stuff less then fe 3.0v, but then i thought that those 2.6v are derived from the 3.3v line... so can it be possible that running the ram @ 2.6v makes something on my mobo hotter then running it at 3.0v??

    edit:
    3.0v on ram just failed even earlier then 2.6v... (3.2v didnt boot in windows anymore, trying 2.7v now) so i guess it must be something else thats getting hot... but what?
    Last edited by Mastakilla; 03-15-2005 at 02:19 PM.
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