Understand the process of reducing your DDR3 RAM speed to align with the voltage requirements of an i5 6500K.
Understand the process of reducing your DDR3 RAM speed to align with the voltage requirements of an i5 6500K.
My issue is that I own a motherboard that supports DDR3 RAM and 16GB of it, but only after buying realized that the voltage might harm the i5 6500k I purchased. I plan to assemble the system using the components I have, but I don’t want any damage. I learned you can downclock DDR3 RAM to match the voltage needs of Skylake. I’m wondering if it’s possible to downclock DDR3 and how would you do it? Considering the 1.5V requirement for DDR3 and that I haven’t built the PC yet, I’m unsure if I’ll face any issues with the current RAM speed. Thanks.
Begin by reducing the voltage to 1.35V and adjust the memory timings accordingly, keeping the memory clock unchanged.