Question about PC3

[Jim_and_Evil]

I have a HP Pavilion s5610f Slimline Desktop with:

H-Apricot-RS780L-uATX Motherboard

AMD Athlon II X2 250 Dual Core 3.0GHZ Processor

3GBs of RAM (Non-ECC memory) holding two DDR3 DIMM (240-pin) sockets with:

PC3-8500 (DDR3-1066) (1GB)

PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333) (2GB) (Memory can be expanded to 8GBs maximum)

64bit Windows 7 Home Premium preinstalled (OEM)

ATI Radeon 3000 Integrated Graphics

640GB Hard Drive SATA 7200RPM


I just ordered this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00683X4PQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And both sticks are PC3-12800. What I have currently is PC3-8500 (DDR3-1066) (1GB), and PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333) (2GB). I couldn't find ram modules in those speeds that are under $70. I heard that from here:

https://www.ramcity.com.au/buy/crucial-8gb-2x-4gb-kit-pc3-12800-unbuffered-240-pi/2xCT51264BA160B~KIN1-HPp-00-220500

"This 1600MHz module is programmed to clock down to 1333 / 1066 / 800MHz where the system requires it"

Is this correct? Most places including Crucial did not mention this. So I'm hoping both sticks clock down 8500 PC3 and 10800 PC3. I already made the order and that's all I can allot.

 

[Axedavid201]

Don't worry about the speed that the dimms are rated at, since I'm guessing this system isn't used for gaming. Even if the speed of the sticks are higher than the mobo they will underclock themselves.

 

[Jim_and_Evil]

Thanks a trillion!!!

Yup, this system isn't used for all the ultra graphics and Cape C.O.D stuff the hardgore type play. This revived HP will be replacing a peppy, but hot (i.e overheating) Acer Aspire 5742z Laptop sputtering along with a measly 2.14ghz Pentium. It will be used for causal stuff, but mainly for video converters and Sony Vegas pro 11. The Radeon (last we used it) was good enough for classic Sega Genesis and N64 emulation.

 

[Jim_and_Evil]

Just performed the ram swap. Bios registers both slots at 3997mb (or something like that) at 8500 PC3 and boots up normally without hiccups or beeps. I do notice a performance increase in many applications and windows experience changed to 7.1 from 5.4.