- Virtual CIO
How to Create an IT Budget That Actually Works
11 Mar, 2026







£1353.25 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
Kingston’s FURY Renegade 128GB DDR4 kit is the sort of “boring-but-reliable” memory upgrade that makes sense when you *actually* need a lot of RAM and you want something mainstream from a vendor resellers can support easily. For a UK B2B environment—virtualisation hosts, in-memory databases, heavy VDI, large CAD/CAE sessions, or memory-hungry build servers—this kind of capacity can be a real cost saver versus adding more nodes. The pricing at £1116.53 ex‑VAT is only justifiable if you’re filling the slots anyway; if you’re not going to use the capacity, it’s money that would be better spent on faster I/O, storage performance, or even fewer, more capable systems.
The reason I’d be cautious is that DDR4 is now “mature,” and many new platforms are moving on. If you’re on a modern server that already has DDR4 slots filled or you’re building something new, I’d double-check the platform roadmap and whether you’ll be able to carry this upgrade forward. Also, a kit like this is best bought with confidence that your motherboard/server is happy with high-density DIMM population—don’t assume every board behaves the same just because it’s Kingston. If you’re already matched to the right platform and you genuinely need the capacity, it’s a solid buy; if you’re upgrading out of general performance anxiety, I’d look at smaller capacity or a platform-wide upgrade first.

Kingston
Kingston - DDR4 - module - 8 GB - DIMM 288-pin - 3200 MT/s - CL22 - unbuffered - non-ECC

Kingston
Kingston FURY Beast RGB - DDR5 - module - 16 GB - DIMM 288-pin - 6000 MT/s / PC5-48000 - CL36 - 1.35 V - unbuffered - on-die ECC - white

Kingston
Kingston FURY Renegade RGB - DDR4 - kit - 16 GB: 2 x 8 GB - DIMM 288-pin - 4000 MT/s / PC4-32000 - CL19 - 1.2 V - unbuffered - non-ECC - black

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Kingston FURY Renegade RGB - DDR5 - kit - 96 GB: 2 x 48 GB - DIMM 288-pin - 6400 MT/s / PC5-51200 - CL32 - 1.4 V - unbuffered - on-die ECC - black & silver
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