PC will recognise memory?

[Andrew23]

Hello ! Recently I bought 16 gb of Corsair Vengeance pro memory 1866 version. My motherboard supports the maximum clock of 1600: this is the mobo http://www.gigabyte.com.ro/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4402#sp
I have an intel I5 3470 that supports only DDR3 1600 memory... If i put those memory modules in my computer, will windows lower the clock to work? And the final question : will my pc detect 16 gb 1866 ram on 1600 motherboard and cpu?

 

[andreii707]

Yes, as you said it will simply downclock the memory to 1600MHz. And yes the motherboard will recognise all the RAM, to quote the link you sent us: "2 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory".