INTRODUCTION

    Thanks to all the latest motherboards based on the flagship Z890 and X870 chipsets by Intel and AMD consumers now have a larger selection of really fast DDR5 kits to choose from. In the case of Z890 the new CUDIMM models might take things up a notch compared to regular UDIMM ones but at least for now differences are small, especially when talking about blazing fast 8GHz (8000MHz / 8000MT/s) kits. After reviewing the excellent FURY Renegade RGB Limited Edition 48GB 8GHz Dual-Channel Kit by Kingston back in July some of you asked for a review of the "regular" FURY Renegade RGB 32GB 8GHz Dual-Channel Kit and well, that's exactly what today's review is all about.

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    Right now the FURY Renegade DDR5 line includes both RGB and non-RGB models which are available in both single (16/32GB) and dual (2x16/24/32/48GB) channel kits with frequencies going all the way up to 8400MHz (6000/6400/6800/7200/7600/8000/8400MHz), timings as low as CL32 (6000/6400MHz CL32 - 6800MHz CL36 - 7200/7600/8000MHz CL38 - 8400MHz CL40, CUDIMM) and voltages ranging from 1.35V and all the way up to 1.45V (6000MHz 1.35V - 6400/6800MHz 1.4V - 7200/7600/8000/8400MHz 1.45V). Past the 44mm tall silver and black (or silver and white) heatspreaders of the 32GB 8000MHz kit Kingston has placed SK Hynix single die modules (16Gbit density) and a total of 10 ARGB LEDs on top (18 available effects 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). Typically, as with most other FURY RAM lines by Kingston the Renegade RGB line is covered by a limited lifetime warranty.

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 8000MHZ CL38

The silver and black heatspreaders of the FURY Renegade RGB line always look great and this kit is not an exception.

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 barcode.

Under the plastic LED bar of the FURY Renegade RGB Kingston this time over has placed a total of 10 RGB LEDs.

Just like with past reviews the RGB section may not stand out compared to other kits, but it does look nice (short clip is available on TikTok and YouTube).

Finally, here you can check some details on the kit from AIDA64.

FURY CTRL

Even though the CTRL software has 18 available RGB modes/effects only 12 of them seem to be available.

Depending on the mode you can also assign colors to each of the 10 LEDs.

From the top right corner, you can also access module information and change the language.

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

    Just like every single FURY Renegade kit before the 32GB 8GHz Dual-Channel kit performed extremely well and produced top of the charts performance more than twice. With the very first CUDIMM kits already here I really see no reason even for Z890 owners to go there yet but in all likelihood CUDIMM kits will end up being available at higher speeds. As for looks not much I can say, the FURY Renegade RGB modules always stand out in terms of design and of course build quality. With a capacity of 32GB this kit may not be quite as appealing as the Limited Edition kit (48GB) but it should still be plenty for the majority of users out there (gamers especially). Overclocking headroom may not be as large as that of the LE kit (even at 1.52V I couldn’t surpass 8200MHz) but even at stock speeds this kit is among the fastest out there so at least for me that’s not really an issue.

    Right now, you can get your very own FURY Renegade RGB 32GB 8000MT/s (MHz) DDR5 Dual-Channel Kit by Kingston for USD297.89 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 313.10Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) a price tag which is slightly higher than expected. Still this is among the fastest DDR5 kits money can buy today and since it delivers where it counts the Golden Award is in order once more.

PROS

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

CONS

- Overclocking Headroom
- Price (For Some)