- Virtual CIO
How to Plan IT for an Office of 50 to 200 Staff
18 Mar, 2026







£560.89 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
If you’re building a DDR5 system and you want fast, reliable RAM without going down a weird compatibility rabbit hole, the Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (6400) is a sensible pick. Kingston’s “just works” reputation matters in B2B environments where time spent troubleshooting is more expensive than the odd pound saved. The white EXPO kit also tends to look sharp in modern builds, and EXPO support is exactly what you want if you’re planning to enable faster profiles rather than running everything at JEDEC speeds.
That said, £412.61 ex‑VAT for 32GB is the part that makes me pause. DDR5 pricing is volatile, and 6400 doesn’t always translate to meaningful real-world gains for typical office workloads, VMs, or most business software—the money is usually better spent on capacity first or on the platform (CPU/motherboard) that actually benefits from higher speeds. I’d recommend this if you’re doing something that genuinely cares about memory bandwidth/latency (some content creation, certain engineering workloads, or performance-focused homelab/gaming in a workstation context). If your use is mostly standard business apps, you’ll likely be happier with a more cost-effective DDR5 kit at a lower price point.

Lenovo
Lenovo TruDDR4 - DDR4 - module - 32 GB - DIMM 288-pin low profile - 2400 MT/s / PC4-19200 - CL17 - 1.2 V - registered - ECC - for NeXtScale nx360 M5, System x35XX M5, x3650 M5, x3850 X6, x3950 X6, ThinkServer sd350

Qnap
QNAP - T0 version - DDR4 - module - 4 GB - SO-DIMM 260-pin - 2666 MT/s / PC4-21300 - 1.2 V - unbuffered - non-ECC - for QNAP TS-832PX, TS-932PX

Qnap
QNAP - P0 version - DDR4 - module - 2 GB - SO-DIMM 260-pin - 2400 MT/s / PC4-19200 - 1.2 V - unbuffered - non-ECC

Kingston
Kingston FURY Renegade - DDR5 - module - 16 GB - DIMM 288-pin - 6400 MT/s / PC5-51200 - CL32 - 1.4 V - unbuffered - on-die ECC - white & silver