No, it's not advisable to undervolt RAM. It can cause instability or damage to the system.
No, it's not advisable to undervolt RAM. It can cause instability or damage to the system.
Take my sticks as an illustration: 1.3v at 3200 runs about one board per week (tested for some time). 1.33v at 3200 gives steady performance, with RAM and CPU being separate components. A few users use 1.7v with a fan running alongside them.
Lastly, a person who genuinely attempted it. I’m sure you’re right—0.03v really does matter.
I haven't encountered any issues with my system software or hardware, and I don't regularly update or install new components. That suggests the problem might be related to RAM. Reverting the RAM wouldn't help because corrupted files would still cause problems, making it seem like the issue remains. It sounds like a tricky situation. Thanks for sharing the details. Interesting!
We’ve all attempted to boost our RAM, but I’ve been doing this for over fifteen years. We’re not recommending it just because we think you should, but because we understand the risks involved. Underclocking RAM isn’t advisable… Check the GitHub post I shared for deeper insight, which can help you make better decisions. Yes, tiny voltage adjustments matter, and if they’re unstable, your system might fail silently—passing most tests but quietly damaging everything over time. I’m not exaggerating; take the time to study properly before trying this, so you’re confident and informed. Don’t just guess by treating RAM like a CPU—it’s not the same.
In 4 months when something starts acting weird, you will have assumed it was that new driver you just installed, or the new game you played. And then when you go to open a picture or word doc and it doesn’t open, you will that, oh, that’s weird. But really what has happened is your RAM has slowly corrupted everything. A reformat would fix the OS, reinstalling new software will fix the software, but all your data will be corrupted forever. 1’s will be 0’s and 0’s will be 1’s and there is no fixing that besides reverting to backup…. But then you realize all of your backups have some level of corruption starting on the day you started mess in with your RAM. This is the worst case, and not even very unlikely case. Again, I don’t say this just to scare you from doing it. I tell you this so you go and actually put in the work to learn how to do it correctly. Do not go changing things until you fully, 100% understand what your changing… once you do, then you can have fun
My Ram 1.35v 3600 boots, but crashes or freezes in Windows right away. At 1.36v 3600 it works without issues, and the boots run smoothly inside Windows… I’m not against testing, but I’m curious—why would they make it so hard? In theory, you could lower speeds and voltage, but it might not help much. RAM performance would likely drop, and energy or temperature savings would be minimal. I guess if you really wanted to try, it could work at very low speeds… though probably not for long.
It's a high-quality RAM module. The spec reads 1.35, and the BIOS is set to auto with a default value of 1.368 for some reason.