INTRODUCTION

   It may have taken a while but the very first DDR5 RAM kits to surpass 8000MHz have finally appeared in the market and even though we're not far from the advertised maximum speed of 8400MHz i wouldn't rule out seeing DDR5 modules down the road with speeds as high as 9000MHz (and perhaps even more). Still there are two problems with the top of the line kits today, compatibility with motherboards (especially AMD ones) and high temperatures (which shouldn't be an issue as long as there's good airflow in your case and you don't try to push them even higher). For good or bad the sweet spot for most DDR5 motherboards currently is set at around 6000MHz with 6400MHz kits gaining in popularity and so because of that today with me i have the FURY Renegade RGB 32GB DDR5 6400MHz CL32 Dual-Channel Kit by Kingston.

   Kingston Technology Europe Co LLP and Kingston Technology Company, Inc., are part of the same corporate group (“Kingston”). Kingston is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory products. From big data, to laptops and PCs, to IoT-based devices like smart and wearable technology, to design-in and contract manufacturing, Kingston helps deliver the solutions used to live, work and play. The world’s largest PC makers and cloud-hosting companies depend on Kingston for their manufacturing needs, and our passion fuels the technology the world uses every day. We strive beyond our products to see the bigger picture, to meet the needs of our customers and offer solutions that make a difference. To learn more about how Kingston Is With You, visit Kingston.com.

   The FURY Renegade RGB series of DDR5 RAM by Kingston features a great looking heatspreader (44mm in height total and offered in two different color combinations, black with silver and white with silver) and currently includes both single (16/32GB) and dual (2x16GB/2x32GB) channel kits with frequencies going all the way up to 7200MHz (6000/6400/6800/7200MHz), timings as low as CL32 (6000/6400MHz CL32 - 6800MHz CL36 - 7200MHz CL38) and voltages ranging from 1.35V and all the way up to 1.45V (6000MHz 1.35V - 6400MHz 1.4V - 6800MHz 1.4V - 7200MHz 1.45V). Past the silver and black (or white) heatspreaders Kingston has placed SK hynix single die modules (with on-die ECC) together with temperature sensors by Montage and 10 RGB LEDs at the top (18 available presets via the FURY CTRL app and also compatible with all the leading RGB motherboard sync technologies like ASUS Aura Sync, GB RGB Fusion 2.0, MSI Mystic Light Sync and ASRock Polychrome). Finally, as with most other FURY RAM lines by Kingston the Renegade RGB line is covered by a limited lifetime warranty. So, let's see how the latest member of the growing FURY line of DDR5 RAM kits does.

SPECIFICATIONS AND FEATURES

PACKAGING AND CONTENTS

A large product picture is located at the front of the box right under the company name and next to the speed, capacity, RGB sync support, lifetime warranty and motherboard compatibility (Intel/AMD).

At the rear of the box Kingston has placed yet another product picture right over some of the main features and a sticker with the serial and part numbers and barcodes.

Inside the box alongside the FURY Renegade RGB DDR5 RAM Kit you'll also find a case sticker and the warranty and installation guide.

THE FURY RENEGADE RGB 32GB DDR5 6400MHZ CL32

The silver and black heatspreaders of the FURY Renegade RGB may not be the smallest ones out there (44mm in total height) but they do look very nice.

As usual a small sticker at the rear contains information about the kit such as the country of manufacture, capacity, speed, timings and of course the serial number and 2 barcodes.

Under the plastic LED bar of the FURY Renegade RGB Kingston has placed 10 RGB LEDs.

Once again at 44mm in total height the FURY Renegade RGB are among the tallest modules around (for this review i also re-tested the Neo Forza Trinity RGB 32GB 6400MHz and JetBlack 64GB 6000MHz kits).

Although i have seen more impressive lighting effects on an RGB RAM Kit the FURY Renegade RGB does come close to that.

Since Thaiphoon burner is unable to properly read DDR5 modules aside CPUZ i also turned to AIDA64 (doesn't however offer the same level of information).

FURY CTRL

The sale of the HyperX brand name to HP by Kingston roughly 2 years ago meant their products could no longer use the NGenuity software so the brand new FURY CTRL is here to take its place.

Well, i don't know why but the FURY CTRL software only detected 1 of the 2 modules on the EVGA Z790 DARK K|NGP|N.

This is probably why i could choose only 12 of the 18 available RGB modes/effects.

TEST BED

TESTING METHODOLOGY

   Thanks to XMP 3.0 and EXPO profiles the only thing one needs to do in order to run a brand new RAM kit at its advertised frequency, timings and voltages is to choose/enable it from within the BIOS and reboot. That being said if you're into overclocking you may not wish to use the main XMP/EXPO profile but instead to choose your very own frequency, timings and voltages to achieve even higher performance numbers and that's exactly what we'll also be doing during our DDR5 tests. To be more specific aside testing each kit with its XMP profile I'll also be upping the voltages (up to 1.4V for 1.35V kits – even though most kits can function at higher voltages I don’t recommend doing so - RAM modules that use 1.4V/1.45V/1.5V will be tested up to 1.45V/1.5V/1.55V respectively) and frequencies (200MHZ increments) until i find the maximum achievable stable frequency (those results will be entered into the OC charts). I also thought about upping voltages and reducing timings instead of increasing the frequency of the modules as high as it can go (always stable and without using 0.5-1V over stock) but the end results are pretty much identical.

   As for the how I'll be testing each DDR5 Dual-Kit to arrive in the lab well there aren't that many benchmark programs that only test RAM (or at least RAM and CPU without anything else coming into play) but I’ve got most of them and so you will be seeing results from following benchmarking programs, AIDA64 Engineer Edition, Cinebench Release 23, MaxMemm2, Passmark Performance Test v10.1, Sisoftware Sandra Titanium and WPrime v2.11. All tests are performed on a fresh Windows 10 Pro x64 installation (complete with all updates until the day of this review) and are repeated a total of 6 times after which the average numbers get recorded into the charts.

* Since you all decided for me to use the Intel Core I9-13900K for graphics cards tests I’ll also be using that for DDR5 tests (5.8GHz P-Cores / 4.7GHz E-Cores / RING 4.9GHz) and in order to showcase potential gains between stock and overclocked clocks/frequencies I’ll also be using Forza Horizon 5 (1080p/Extreme Graphics). Still do keep in mind that i can't dedicate a high-end GPU solely for DDR5 reviews so each time i review such a kit I’ll be using a different chart (the card used will be listed above).

TEST RESULTS - XMP 3.0 PROFILE

TEST RESULTS - OVERCLOCK

TEST RESULTS – FORZA HORIZON 5

CONCLUSION

   The FURY Renegade RGB 32GB DDR5 6400MHz CL32 Dual-Channel Kit by Kingston may not be the fastest one around but it does exceptionally well at stock/default clocks and on top of that it overclocks extremely easily. By easily i mean that i was able to hit a stable 7GHz with the default timings on the EVGA Z790 DARK using just 1.44V. Of course, this may not be the case with every motherboard out there (some may get worse results and some may get even better ones) but that’s always the case with most things that get reviewed. In terms of design i really like what Kingston has done with the FURY Renegade RGB. Yes, i have seen better looking kits but again, these come very close to those. My sole issue was with the FURY CTRL software which didn’t detect one of the 2 modules. This of course could also be an incompatibility with the EVGA Z790 DARK, whatever the reason however i do hope Kingston resolves it in future software versions.

   At the time of this review the FURY Renegade RGB 32GB DDR5 6400MHz CL32 Dual-Channel Kit by Kingston retails for just USD177.71 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 175.99Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de), a price tag which is very balanced. Long story short even though this kit may not be the fastest out there it still offers pretty much everything one could ask for such as excellent build quality, very good default speed performance, equally good overclocking headroom and great looks so the Platinum Award is definitely in order.

PROS

- Build Quality
- Top Of The Charts Performance
- Overclocking Headroom
- RGB Lighting (18 Effects)
- Available In Black & White Colors
- Available Kits
- Limited Lifetime Warranty
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- FURY CTRL (Module Detection)