Need aftermarket ram specs for late 2012 mini

Late 2012 Mini 2.3 I7 Quad/4GB and need to upgrade to 16GB.
I used the specs from the "About my Mac" window and received ram that would fit in my Mac Pro?
Any help here?

I went through 3 sets of ram trying to get one to work (all with the specs Apple listed), finally the 4th set did.  I got this one, and it worked!
http://www.patriotmemory.com/product/detail.jsp?prodline=3&catid=93&prodgroupid= 274&id=1359&type=5

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