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Processor | Intel Core i7 13700K |
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Motherboard | MSI Z790 Tomahawk Wifi |
Cooling | DeepCool AK620 |
Memory | 2x16GB G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO 6000 CL30 |
Video Card(s) | Zotac RTX 4090 AMP Extreme Airo |
Storage | WD Black SN850X 1TB + 2x 2TB, 2x 4TB Crucial MX500, 2TB Samsung 870 Evo. |
Display(s) | Alienware AW2723DF, LG GP850-B, LG GN950-B |
Case | bequiet! Pure Base 500 FX |
Audio Device(s) | Bose Companion Series 2 III, Sennheiser GSP600 and HD599 SE - Creative Soundblaster X4 |
Power Supply | bequiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500w Titanium |
Mouse | Logitech GPRO X Superlight & G502 X |
Keyboard | Corsair K65 RGB Mini, Razer Black Widow V3 TKL |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift S |
so i have a weird kit of G.Skill RAM that fits roughly in the time frame of the "Hynix sold worse than usual ICs scandal".
it needs around 1.38V to run with XMP (on all of my platforms, from mid tier Z390 Gigabyte boards over a Z590 Strix board with a lot of CPUs tested, and on all my AMD boards. it just needs 1.38V under load (not in bios, in HWInfo, it needs around 1.4V set in Bios)
now i just inspected the RAM again after around 6 months and i just thought, why not cleaning the contacts on both sticks with ipa and see what happens. (both sticks were perfectly clean with zero residue or corrosion. just clean golden pads.)
well after cleaning them properly they run totally fine at 1.33V with the identical clocks and timings.
i ran Prime95, Memtest (over night to around 700%) with zero issues.
any ideas what happened?
it needs around 1.38V to run with XMP (on all of my platforms, from mid tier Z390 Gigabyte boards over a Z590 Strix board with a lot of CPUs tested, and on all my AMD boards. it just needs 1.38V under load (not in bios, in HWInfo, it needs around 1.4V set in Bios)
now i just inspected the RAM again after around 6 months and i just thought, why not cleaning the contacts on both sticks with ipa and see what happens. (both sticks were perfectly clean with zero residue or corrosion. just clean golden pads.)
well after cleaning them properly they run totally fine at 1.33V with the identical clocks and timings.
i ran Prime95, Memtest (over night to around 700%) with zero issues.
any ideas what happened?