I am on a Gigabyte H310M S2H V2.0 motherboard.
I installed an I3 8th Gen on it 4 years ago.
I had 2 x 8GB DDR4 2400 installed.
Low end Intel motherboards don’t allow for memory overclocking, but I was able to shrink timings to 11-11-11-24. I also tweaked other secondary and tertiary timings as well.
The maximum DRAM Voltage my motherboard allowed was 1.4V. I thought it is fine and no need to bother myself with higher DRAM Voltage because the CPU is already very weak.
Recently I ordered a coffe lake I9 engineering sample with a custom bios file contains the required microcode for it to run.
From the info I got is that my Gigabyte motherboard is the most compatible with these engineering samples. Not only that, but also Gigabyte unlocks overclocking on non Z motherboards once an engineering sample is installed which means I won’t be getting an I9 only, but also an overclocking capability. My motherboard VRM is not bad offering 5 phase design, certainly not the best, but can handle over 100W. The only leftover issue is the DRAM Voltage which I really need to get it higher than 1.4V.
The 1.4V is very low in my opinion and won’t give satisfying frequency with the I9 I believe.
Any idea or a workaround to solve this problem?