INTRODUCTION

   Overclockers may have already pushed DDR5 above its theoretical limits (just over 11GHz - alas with the CPU severely underclocked) but with many Intel compatible motherboards still having issues supporting kits clocked at frequencies surpassing even 7400MHz it's no surprise that kits at around 7GHz are still considered the best (and safest) people can get their hands on (for many AMD motherboards on the other hand the sweet spot is usually at around 6400MHz). Kingston has done their best to support both AMD and Intel users by releasing both EXPO and XMP compatible kits and since quite a few of you asked today with me i have their FURY Renegade RGB 32GB DDR5 7200MHz CL38 Dual-Channel Kit.

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   This is not the first FURY Renegade RGB kit to arrive in the lab so once again the FURY Renegade RGB series of DDR5 RAM by Kingston features a nice 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 white (or black) heatspreaders Kingston has placed SK hynix single die modules (with on-die ECC) together with temperature sensors by Montage and a total of 10 RGB LEDs on 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 7200MHZ CL38

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

Here you can see how the FURY Renegade RGB measures against the 43.3mm tall ARES RGB modules by Lexar.

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.

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

Here you can see some details about this kit from AIDA64.

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.

Just like with past reviews the FURY CTRL software only detected 1 of the 2 modules on the EVGA Z790 DARK K|NGP|N (Kingston is aware of this and are already working on a solution).

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

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CONCLUSION

   Even though the first 8GHz+ dual-channel DDR5 RAM kits have already appeared in the market the fact of the matter is that most motherboards (and CPUs) can’t support such speeds. On the other hand, for most Intel based motherboards (and even some AMD ones) 7200MHz represents the sweet spot between performance and price. Unfortunately, since 8GHz kits have yet to arrive I don’t have anything faster in my charts currently but at the same time it’s easy to see that 7200MHz should be more than plenty for the majority of users out there. In terms of overclocking headroom, the FURY Renegade RGB kit wouldn’t go over 7400MHz, at least not with the default timings and up to 1.5V voltage. Personally, I’ve been using this kit at stock speeds for all my latest graphics card tests and performance is really good across the board (which is why 7400MHz although not great is still plenty). Finally, not detecting both modules when the FURY CTRL software is running on the EVGA Z790 DARK K|NGP|N is an issue that has happened with other Kingston kits and even though for me the stock rainbow effect is the best still i do hope a solution can be found.

   As I type these lines the FURY Renegade RGB 32GB DDR5 7200MHz CL38 Dual-Channel Kit by Kingston retails for USD230.18 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 238.61Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) a price tag which is quite balanced. Long story short the FURY Renegade RGB 32GB 7200MHz CL38 kit by Kingston may not be the fastest out there but it’s certainly far more compatible compared to faster kits, looks great and is properly priced and for that it gets the Platinum Award.

PROS

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

CONS

- FURY CTRL (Module Detection)