Team Group Elite 32GB DDR4-3200 CL22

A 32GB single-stick DDR4 kit at 3200 MT/s with CL22 timings. Capacity is the star here at the 71st percentile, and the budget score of 81.2 out of 100 is solid. Speed and latency are average, and prices swing by USD 58 in the US and EUR 115 in Europe, so shop carefully.

Let's talk numbers. This is a single 32GB DDR4 UDIMM running at 3200 MT/s with timings of 22-22-22-52 and a CAS latency of 22. The voltage is a modest 1.20V, which is standard for JEDEC DDR4. The 3200 MT/s speed puts it right around the middle of our database at the 54th percentile. Not embarrassing, but nothing to write home about either. The CL22 latency is similarly average at the 58th percentile.

Where this stick actually stands out is capacity. A single 32GB DIMM is a big deal if you're on a board with only two slots and want to leave room to grow. At the 71st percentile for capacity, it's well above average. But the feature set is thin. You get Intel XMP 2.0 support and that's about it. No RGB, no fancy heat spreader, no ECC. The feature score lands at the 57th percentile, which tells you this is a no-frills workhorse. One customer ran it through 5 hours of Memtest and 24 hours of Prime95 without issues, so stability seems fine.

Stacked against the competition, this Team Group stick is playing a different game. The Kingston Fury Renegade KF564C32RWAK2-32 and G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB F5-7600J3646G16GX2-TZ5RK are DDR5 kits running at much higher speeds with tighter effective latencies. Those are for people chasing benchmark scores. The Corsair Vengeance RGB CMH32GX5M2B6000C28 is also DDR5 and brings RGB into the mix. The Crucial Pro Overclocking CP2K16G64C32U5B is a 64GB kit, so double the capacity. The ADATA Lancer Blade RGB AX5U6000C3016G-DTLABRBK is another DDR5 option with flashy aesthetics. What the Team Group Elite offers that none of those do is a single 32GB DDR4 stick at a lower absolute price. If you're on an older DDR4 platform and need max capacity per slot, this is your lane. If you're building new with DDR5, look elsewhere.

Pricing on this stick is all over the place depending on where you shop. In the US, you'll see it listed anywhere from USD 239 to USD 297 across three listings. That's a USD 58 spread for the exact same product, which is wild. Newegg and Best Buy both carry it, and Newegg tends to have the lower end of that range. In Europe, the gap is even bigger. EUR 263 to EUR 378 across four listings in Germany, Spain, France, and Italy. That's a EUR 115 difference. If you're in the EU, shop around before you click buy. The affordability score of 43rd percentile backs this up. You're not getting a screaming deal here, but if you catch it at the low end of the price range, the cost per gigabyte starts to look a lot better.

The Team Group Elite TED432G3200C2201 is a 32GB stick of DDR4 running at 3200 MT/s with CL22 timings. That's a lot of capacity in a single DIMM, and our database puts it at the 71st percentile for capacity, which is solid. But the speed story is more middle of the pack. 3200 MT/s lands at the 54th percentile, and CL22 latency sits at the 58th percentile. So you're getting a big bucket of RAM, just not a particularly fast one.

For budget builds, this thing actually shines. Our scoring gives it an 81.2 out of 100 for budget use, which is the strongest category by a wide margin. Workstation use gets a 65.9, gaming a 61.6, and server use bottoms out at 31.1. If you need 32GB on a single stick without spending a fortune, this is a reasonable pick. Just don't expect it to win any speed contests.

If you're building a new system, skip this. DDR5 is the current standard, and competitors like the Kingston Fury Renegade or Corsair Vengeance RGB run circles around this in speed. The server score of 31.1 out of 100 is a clear signal this isn't for any kind of server or high-availability setup. Gamers chasing frame rates will also want faster memory with tighter timings. The gaming score of 61.6 is mediocre. And if you're on a tight budget, the 43rd percentile affordability score means there are cheaper ways to get 32GB if you're willing to go with two 16GB sticks instead of one 32GB module.

The Team Group Elite TED432G3200C2201 is a capacity play, not a performance play. Our data shows it at the 71st percentile for capacity and the 81.2 budget score is the real headline. If you need 32GB in one slot on a DDR4 board, this does the job without drama. The 3200 MT/s speed and CL22 timings are average at best, and the server score of 31.1 tells you this isn't for mission-critical workloads. But for a budget desktop or a light workstation, it's a sensible pick. Just make sure you're not overpaying. The price spread between vendors is significant, and at the high end of the range, the value proposition falls apart.