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Memory Voltage

It means our High Performance Black line of modules officially support voltages between 2.5V and 2.75V. JEDEC, the organization the determines the standards for SDRAM, states that the standard spec for DDR SDRAM is 2.5V. The reason we're officially supporting voltages above JEDEC spec is so our customers understand that their modules will still be under warranty even when run at voltages up to 2.75V.

Being able to increase the voltage of your memory can assist in overclocking the module past its rated specifications. Keep in mind, however, that higher voltages can sometimes be detrimental to overclocking. Which voltage is optimal for overclocking depends on your motherboard and the only way to figure out which voltage is optimal is through trial and error.

Anything over 2.5V will theoretically decrease the life span of your module and any motherboard related parts as the components will produce more heat. There's also the specter of damaging your motherboard from overvoltaging™ but we do it all the time here for testing and haven't seen or heard of damage to a motherboard caused by increasing a motherboard's memory bus voltage, although we never go over 2.75V, but keep in mind that anything is possible. One possibility is a component that is near failure will be caused to fail earlier than it would have otherwise by raising the voltage it operates at, in that case it may look like raising the voltage damaged the motherboard but in actuality it was going to die soon anyway. Like scaring somebody with a serious heart problem :-) What we're getting to here is that Mushkin takes no responsibility for any damage to your motherboard as a result of raising memory voltages of your motherboard.

Voltages higher than 2.75V are not supported and voids our lifetime warranty.