Memory upgrade for Late 2011 15" MacBook Pro

Hi I've recently bought MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011 and I would like to install more RAM on it.
The thing is that apple explicitly specifies that valid memory for my MBP is
PC3-10600 1333MHz
(see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1270?viewlocale=en_US#link3).
Unfortunately on my location neither of computer stores have that particular memory modules.
The closest model that could match (and is available at place where I am) is
PC3-10666 1333MHz.
Is this memory type suitable for my Mac? Should it work without problems?
And BTW, should this replacement void my warranty if I do it by myself?
Thanks and kind regards

Today's DDR3-1333 has a peak bandwidth of 10666 MHz, which can be improperly rounded down and called PC3-10600, rounded up to be called PC3-10700 or stated without rounding as PC3-10666 depending on the manufacturer's desires.

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