Will 3200 MB/s DDR4 work in a laptop that supports 2933 MB/s?

[Muse]

I just ordered a minimally speced Lenovo P1 Gen 3 Thinkpad that comes with a 8GB stick of 2933 MB/s DDR4 RAM. The page for the machine says:

Up to 2933 MT/s

i.e. here:

P1 Gen 3 - Lenovo ThinkStation

thinkstation-specs.com

Now, the machine won't ship until around Nov. 16 at the earliest. I'm typing right now on my Lenovo P1 Gen 1 Thinkpad, so 2 generations previous and an hour ago I downloaded and ran Crucial's system evaluation utility and it indicates I can buy and use their 3200 MB/s DDR sticks, e.g. this:

Are you a human?

www.newegg.com

So, am I to believe that the machine I just ordered (being an upgrade of this machine) will run that 3200 MB/s RAM just fine? Logic says so, but why does Lenovo say it only supports 2933 MT/s? Thing is, I'm not seeing much 2933 MB/s RAM for sale. Thanks for guidance!

 

[damian101]

Yes, will work. RAM modules support many JEDEC profiles for different standard frequencies.

 

[Shmee]

Should be fine. The speed may downclock, but the crucial kit should still work.

 

[Muse]

Should be fine. The speed may downclock, but the crucial kit should still work.

Thanks. I wonder if I can determine if it downclocks. I did order the pair today from Newegg along with a SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen3. X4, NVMe 1.3 64L V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V7E1T0BW. Would have had to pay around $450 more to get those by customizing my purchase when I ordered, and this way I have an extra SSD and RAM stick!

I think I saw somewhere that the Lenovo P1 Gen 3 will support 3200 MT/s DDR4, just don't know... at Lenovo's site it says 2933.

 

[UsandThem]

Thanks. I wonder if I can determine if it downclocks. I did order the pair today from Newegg along with a SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen3. X4, NVMe 1.3 64L V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V7E1T0BW. Probably saved $300-400 or more compared to upgrading when I bought the laptop yesterday.

I think I saw somewhere that the Lenovo P1 Gen 3 will support 3200 MT/s DDR4, just don't know... at Lenovo's site it says 2933.

You can see the RAM speed in the BIOS, within the Windows Task Manager, or utilities such as CPU-Z.

 

[Muse]

You can see the RAM speed in the BIOS, within the Windows Task Manager, or utilities such as CPU-Z.


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Yup! Thank you!