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Corei7 memory modules cannot exceed 1.65volts
Intel Corei7 technology has a sudden pitfall with its architecture. I’ve always had my suspicions that Intel had an issue with their memory! Taken that the new memory controller is not asynchronous and the fact that you can only run odd number of modules the voltage bottleneck didn’t come as a surprise.
Memory modules cannot exceed 1.65 volts, a Japanese forum has photographs of asus’s x58 motherboard that has a warning label instructing builders not to exceed this memory voltage. Asus has stated that they are currently running their memory at 1.7 volts which is considered the highest voltage to date.
Currently no news is available to why Intel have done this, is this another flaw in Intels design and how manufacturers are forced to design round their specifications, unfortunately. Intel have either done this to help accelerate computation or is this considered a design fault where enthusiast cannot overclock their memory to achieve better gaming capabilities.
