Can I use 1600 MHz DDR3 on 1060/1333MHz DDR3 only Motherboard ?

[RoyTheBoy]

I'm using HP Pro 3330MT which's motherboard (Foxconn 17A0) supports only 1060 MHz / 1333 MHz Dual Channel. Recently I want to increase my ram but 1600MHz DDR3 is the only option I can buy now.
Would my motherboard support 1600Mhz?

[Spirit`yL]

Well actually it might depend on the Freequency that the chipset inside your motherboard that support.

[Augustin]

possibly. When I had a core2duo I used memory that was a higher frequency than my motherboard supported.

[emosun]

ddr3 and older isn't quite as user friendly as ddr4 so it's kind of a tossup if your board will know to run it slower or will just not run at all with unsupported memory

[Spirit`yL]

3 minutes ago, emosun said:

ddr3 and older isn't quite as user friendly as ddr4 so it's kind of a tossup if your board will know to run it slower or will just not run at all with unsupported memory

That guy might be using a older platform such 3rd gen Core processor i think.

[NDRE28]

10 hours ago, RoyTheBoy said:

I'm using HP Pro 3330MT which's motherboard (Foxconn 17A0) supports only 1060 MHz / 1333 MHz Dual Channel. Recently I want to increase my ram but 1600MHz DDR3 is the only option I can buy now.
Would my motherboard support 1600Mhz?

Well, of course it will work, but only at 1333MHz. 

[RoyTheBoy]

Just now, Spirit`yL said:

That guy might be using a older platform such 3rd gen Core processor i think.

Actually it's 2nd gen intel core i5

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Spirit`yL said:

That guy might be using a older platform such 3rd gen Core processor i think.

Yeah again some boards will know to down clock and some will not.

[Spirit`yL]

Just now, emosun said:

Yeah again some boards will know to down clock and some will not.

Yep,depends on those bored and crapy bios

[RoyTheBoy]

Just now, emosun said:

Yeah again some boards will know to down clock and some will not.

Is there any way I can find if my motherboard down clock the memory or it wont support it ?

 

[Spirit`yL]

Just now, RoyTheBoy said:

Is there any way I can find if my motherboard down clock the memory or it wont support it ?

 

Just go ahead and try ,slide the memory U want 2 Use

[RoyTheBoy]

1 minute ago, Spirit`yL said:

Just go ahead and try ,slide the memory U want 2 Use

I will buy one soon .. Since I can't afford another if I buy one (I'm buying it from my savings. since my parents wont give my money for this) I'm asking here 

[emosun]

Buy the correct ram then in the first place if you cannot afford to make a mistake.

Plenty of ebay store ship world wide so location shouldnt be an issue

[Spirit`yL]

Just now, RoyTheBoy said:

I will buy one soon .. Since I can't afford another if I buy one (I'm buying it from my savings. since my parents wont give my money for this) I'm asking here 

U just can go the official site that want to buy and check that motherboard memory support,or U can just go AliExpress and search.(Actually the AliExpress has a lot of secondhand board because it  is the TaoBao in China and btw i am a Chninese。）

[NDRE28]

The most “safe” way to avoid incompatibility issues is by checking out the Qualified Vendor List of your motherboard. 

Buy a memory kit that is on that list!