ASUS Is under Fire as Hardware Testers Target the Manufacturer Over Its Handling of CPU Voltage Settings and Lack of User Support

[Peter_Brosdahl]

I agree with you there. I used to use only Kingston ram for years because it never gave me any issues, but then I started using Corsair for the same reasons. I have used G Skill occasionally as well and they have been very good.

When I upgraded to max specs/size on my 2600K/4930K rigs and MSI GTI 80 2QE laptop I used G.Skill. Never had a problem. There's a chance I might've even put some in the old Qosmio but it's been so long that I don't remember anymore.

After iirc Dan said that Corsair ram usualy needs a voltage bump to be stable I kinda stopped using it and now use mainly G Skill

I think I must've just got lucky or XMP is doing what's needed (I haven't checked its settings) but besides the kit I'm using in my current rigs I've used some slower DDR3 (1600?) in my old 2600K/4930K rigs when I first put them together and didn't have any issues with them either. I totally trust and respect Dan though and if he saw it, it was true.

 

[Brian_B]

Kingston, Crucial and G.Skill are all that I have used for ... a long long time.

But yes, you do have to pay attention, especially if you are buying high speed RAM, to what the voltage needs to be set at for that advertised speed. I always look for something that isn't overvolted, and as such I rarely am able to get the fastest speeds (because they usually require overvolting). In my experience, at least with those 3 companies, when it requires overvolting they are at least courteous enough to say what voltage they need to attain the clock speed on the box.

Like this one requires a 1.35V overvolt (DDR5 default voltage is 1.1V?)

 

[Dan_D]

After iirc Dan said that Corsair ram usualy needs a voltage bump to be stable I kinda stopped using it and now use mainly G Skill

That's been my experience with their RAM for years now. Granted, I haven't used their DDR5 memory but with DDR4 that's often the case.

When I upgraded to max specs/size on my 2600K/4930K rigs and MSI GTI 80 2QE laptop I used G.Skill. Never had a problem. There's a chance I might've even put some in the old Qosmio but it's been so long that I don't remember anymore.

I've had good experiences with G.Skill RAM in general. It's become my go to memory for the last few years.

I think I must've just got lucky or XMP is doing what's needed (I haven't checked its settings) but besides the kit I'm using in my current rigs I've used some slower DDR3 (1600?) in my old 2600K/4930K rigs when I first put them together and didn't have any issues with them either. I totally trust and respect Dan though and if he saw it, it was true.

It's not necessary on every motherboard. Different boards will run their voltages plus or minus .5v or whatever from their target voltage. In many cases I've needed 1.35v+ for Corsair RAM but some motherboards will run it as is without issue. I experienced the issue enough that I basically always set my DRAM voltage for 1.375v as a matter of course when using Corsair RAM. It never hurt anything and I encountered the problem enough that it basically became SOP for me.

 

[Grimlakin]

that's strange I've never had to overvolt with Corsair Dominator Ram through several builds.

 

[Dan_D]

that's strange I've never had to overvolt with Corsair Dominator Ram through several builds.

I mean, this goes back to my [H]ardOCP days and its something Kyle and I had to do a lot. Keep in mind we tested over 100 DDR4 boards and had to do this frequently. We also got lots of Corsair RAM thrown at us. All we had to do is ask and we'd get whatever we wanted. Hell, Corsair used to just send us RAM for the hell of it. It's not like this was limited to a single memory kit or something.

I've still got tons of DDR4 RAM that behaves this way. Again, it wasn't always necessary to run Corsair RAM at higher voltages on every board but it was fairly common.