Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB Hands-on Review

Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB offers speeds up to 6,400 MT/s and capacities of up to 32GB along with dynamic RGB lighting effects. DDR5 memory has been around for a few months but they are only compatible with only latest Intel processors.

Introduction

The all-new Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB RAM offers cutting-edge performance and dynamic RGB lighting effects that utilize Kingston FURY’s patented Infrared Sync Technology to provide smooth, synchronized lighting effects.

The FURY Renegade DDR5 offers speeds up to 6,400 MT/s paired with quick CL32 latencies and is compatible 12th-gen Intel-based CPUs. It’s available in 16GB single modules and 32GB kits of 2.

Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB utilizes Intel XMP 3.0, a new overclock spec with advanced pre-optimized timings, speed and voltage for overclocking performance and customizable profiles. It is also backed by lifetime warranty.

DDR5 Explained

DDR5 is the latest generation of memory modules on consumer PCs, built to work with Intel’s 12th-gen processors and Z690-chipset motherboards.

Compared to its predecessor DDR4 SDRAM, DDR5 is built on a new architecture and brings key improvements in terms of memory bandwidth, capacity, and power consumption compared with the last generation DDR4.

In this case, Renegade DDR5 features a programmable PMIC for XMP 3.0, supporting up to two customisable profiles to optimise your own unique timings, speeds and voltages saved directly to the DIMM.

Features

• Dynamic, customisable RGB lighting effects
• Patented Kingston FURY Infrared Sync Technology
• Engineered to maximise performance
• Tap into extreme overclocking potential
• Intel® XMP 3.0 Certified
• Qualified by the world’s leading motherboard manufacturers
• Aggressive aluminium heat spreader design

The RAM supports motherboard manufacturers such as ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI, and ASROCK. There is also a dedicated software ‘Kingston FURY CTRL’ that allows you customize the lighting effects of Kingston FURY RGB products. In addition to a library of preset patterns and effects, users can personalize the colors and speeds of the lighting schemes to match their own unique gaming aesthetic. Kingston FURY CTRL also supports legacy HyperX RGB-enabled memory products.

Packaging

The RAM comes in an all-new Fury branded box. Inside is a plastic blister pack with which protects the RAM kit in the plastic tray interior. Each pair of 16GB modules are in their own cradle inside. The packaging provides a level of protection against blunt force damage while in transit.

In terms of design, the FURY Renegade has a black PCB and a stylish black and silver aluminium heat spreader with a RGB module at the top with the FURY logo.  On the front is the FURY Renegade branding and specifications labels are at the back.

FURY Renegade DDR5 Specifications

Read the full specifications here.

Benchmarks

Our test bench used for this review was:

• Intel Core i9-12900K
• Gigabyte Z690 AORUS MASTER
• 2TB Kingston Fury Renegade SSD
• 2x 16GB Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5 RGB 6400MT/s
• NVIDIA RTX 3060 GPU

FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB Conclusion

The FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB RAM offers next-gen performance and comes in different capacities, frequencies and latencies to best suit your gaming setup. If you are looking for an incredibly fast DDR5 memory kit with RGB, the Kingston Fury Renegade RGB is one of the few available choices.

However, the RAM has limited compatibility and works only with the latest Intel CPUs and select motherboards.