Kingston Technology FURY 16GB 6400MT/s DDR5 CL38 SODIMM Impact XMP

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Kingston’s Fury Impact 16GB DDR5 SODIMM is a solid choice if you’ve got a small-form-factor laptop/mini PC and you specifically need 16GB of fast(ish) DDR5 that’s easy to live with. At £207.95 ex-VAT it’s not bargain-bin pricing, but it’s the kind of kit that’s usually painless to slot in, run stable, and enable XMP without drama—useful in real work settings where you don’t want to spend your afternoon hunting BIOS quirks. Kingston also tends to be consistent across revisions, which matters more than people expect when you’re rolling out builds across a team.

That said, I’d only buy this if 16GB is genuinely the target. For many office/IT workloads, you’ll get better value by budgeting for more capacity rather than chasing the highest speed/lowest latency tier—especially if you’re running VMs, running bigger browser workloads, or doing anything that’s memory-hungry. Also, DDR5 SODIMM compatibility is a bit more “check first” than DDR4: before ordering, make sure your exact device supports DDR5 at that speed and that your BIOS isn’t picky about XMP. If you confirm that, it’s a safe, dependable upgrade; if you’re unsure, look for a more cost-effective kit or match what your system natively supports.