Overclocked Memory Breaks Core i7 CPUs

arcticstoat writes "Overclockers looking to bolster their new Nehalem CPUs with overclocked memory may be disappointed. Intel is telling motherboard manufacturers not to encourage people to push the voltage of their DIMMs beyond 1.65V, as anything higher could damage the CPU. This will come as a blow to owners of enthusiast memory, such as Corsair's 2.133MHz DDR3 Dominator RAM, which needs 2V to run at its full speed with 9-9-9-24 timings."

The What of the What?

[lymond01]

This will come as a blow to owners of enthusiast memory, such as Corsair's 2.133MHz DDR3 Dominator RAM, which needs 2V to run at its full speed with 9-9-9-24 timings."

I'll just stick to the mathematics of quantum field theory. Kids these days and their crazy machines!

When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped...

So what?

[Dynedain]

Warning, pushing your components beyond their ratings may damage them!

Wow, never knew that overclocking might be problematic, guess I shouldn't have ignored all those warnings by the manufacturer, the system bios, the warranty pamphlets, the packaging....

Not news

[DoctorDyna]

Since when has a manufacturer said "Yes, over-volt the shit out of our part, it will be fine."

Re:So what?

[jackharrer]

Warning! May contain nuts!
If you know what I mean...

Re:The What of the What?

[Anonymous Coward]

Mathematics of wanton burrito meals?

Blazing 2 MHz Memory!

[Straterra]

"This will come as a blow to owners of enthusiast memory, such as Corsair's 2.133MHz DDR3 Dominator RAM, which needs 2V to run at its full speed with 9-9-9-24 timings." I think some one forgot to proof read. Either that or manufacturers are REALLY pushing the data width technology as opposed to clock speed...

Re:About overclockers:

[citylivin]

You clearly havent recently built a computer. That ram that sells at 1333mhz? ACTUALLY only operates at 667 unless you manually overclock. I, like you, thought of overclockers as pathetic e-peen junkies until I actually tried to attain advertised speeds. Now adays you are laughed at for not overclocking your ram in an enthusiast board. It has gotten to the point that many companies sell and advertise features that are only available when overclocked. They all expect you to be overclocking.

its a brave new world out there!

It's just a matter of time...

[EEthan]

... until somebody solders a crapload of diodes to their motherboard to drop each ram output line voltage by .7v.

Bonus points if they're LEDs.

Re:About overclockers:

[Anonymous Coward]

Still running that Dell eh?

Re:About overclockers:

[mr_mischief]

If they can get a stock four-banger with nitrous feed and twin turbos bolted on to not slip the clutch until the checkered, they're doing pretty well. I'd expect that setup to fly apart closer to the green.

Re:Not news

[Zero__Kelvin]

"video cards come standard overclocked now a days"

I don't think the term "overclocked" means what you think it does.

My mind is blown. I cannot believe so many people are claiming that Intel should support out of spec uses, because it knows some people have taken the risk of violating specifications for quite some time now.

It is like saying that Old Navy has a design flaw in their hooded sweatshirts because they don't include parachutes and they know some people choose to jump out of planes in them and hope for the best.

OLD NAVY: Hoodie not to be used in freefall
OVERCLOCKER: Damn Old Navy. Their product is clearly flawed. They KNOW people DO wear them when they jump out of planes. They could have provided a built in parachute ... but no ....

Re:Says who?

[sexconker]

Says Intel, dipshit.
This is old news, by the way.

Re:About overclockers:

[PopeRatzo]

It's a design flaw in material physics

So much for intelligent design.

Re:Blazing 2 MHz Memory!

[Duncan Blackthorne]

Wow, that'll really pick up the processing power of my 2.0MHz i8080 processor! At that speed I probably won't even be able to see the data and address bus lights blinking on the front panel anymore!

Re:Not news

[Zero__Kelvin]

Never mind, I hallucinated an extra digit ... I knew I shouldn't have overclocked [wikipedia.org] my cognitive processor!

Re:About overclockers:

[geekoid]

I'll be the one laughing at the pathetic excuses you make up when I still kick your ass.

Re:About overclockers:

[davolfman]

Nope, sounds like they just made a major braindead basic design mistake on their memory controller (in this case it looks like assuming a relationship between memory and CPU voltage that should not have been assumed). Although I do wonder if it's the kind of thing that could be fixed with some OpAmps or Zeiners on the motherboard or something. I'll have to ask my dad, I'm weak on hardware design.

Re:Not news

[Repossessed]

You don't overclock your case? You're missing out.