Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5-6400 32GB RGB RAM Kit Review

What’s iLL

• Blazingly fast performance
• Premium built aluminum heat spreaders
• Lifetime warranty
• Three XMP 3.0 profiles
• Overclocking potential
• RAM size is accommodating even for the bulkiest of coolers
• FURY CTRL Software and Infrared Sync Technology

What’s Not

• Nitpicking here, the LEDs could have been faster

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Introduction

DDR5 RAM has been around since a while, probably more than a year, but their adoption into the mainstream has been slower than one would expect or hope. There are various reasons why consumers were weary of DDR5, the prime one being an extremely high entry price point in comparison to the tried-and-tested DDR4. The other reasons being less supported chipsets and processors; DDR5 requires a slot completely different from DDR4, and one could argue that the performance benefits of DDR5 were not worthy enough to justify an expensive upgrade. Then, obviously there was the infamous global chipset supply shortage, which kept the prices high, and supply constricted.

Things have changed now, for the better that is. DDR5 is now well into its second-generation. The latest generation of CPUs from both AMD and Intel support DDR5, along with their accompanying motherboards. So, a more accepting ecosystem works in favor of DDR5. Prices of DDR5 RAM kits, while still being on the higher side, are slightly more reachable to the mainstream consumer. Supply has increased steadily. However, we still feel that more options would have been better, RAM producers themselves have been slow to catch up to the DDR5 train.

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Benefits of DDR5 over DDR4

If you’re building a brand-new PC with the latest gen Intel and AMD CPUs, you have no choice but to opt for DDR5. For those wanting to upgrade their DDR4 kits to DDR5, there are a couple of benefits that the later brings to the table.

DDR5 has improved on-board ECC (Error Correction Code), PMIC (Power Management Integrated Circuits) and two independent 32-bit subchannels. All of these improvements come together to help preventing errors, increasing speeds and overall data efficiency. They work in unison with the latest gen CPUs. This also increases the overclockability of both the CPU and the RAM. To enjoy the overclocking features of the Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5 RAM, one needs an Intel XMP 3.0 certified motherboard.

PMIC (Power Management Integrated Circuit)

The role of the PMIC is to regulate the power supply of the RAM module, which is the memory stick. Up till DDR4, the main responsibility of regulating the power delivered to the RAM belonged to the motherboard. So now, each RAM module has its own power supply, which performs strictly as per the operating conditions of the RAM (latency, clock etc.). It does not to depend on the motherboard for doing this. This allows for better efficiency in the way power is delivered to the RAM.

This is the reason why DDR5, which runs at significantly faster clocks than DDR4, requires 1.1V for achieving a speed of 4800 MT/s. DDR4 will require 1.2V for reaching the same speeds. Also, DD4 RAM starts with 3200 MT/s frequency while DDR5 with 4800 MT/s, so the minimum clock speed has increased by 25%.

ECC (Error Correcting Code)

Just like with PMIC, an Error Correcting Code chip is installed on a DDR5 RAM module. Its purpose is to detect errors of a signal before sending the signal to the CPU.

XMP 3.0

XMP 3.0 enables the manufacturer to pre-set 3 XMP profiles onto the DDR5 RAM, compared to just 2 in DDR4. XMP 3.0 profiles can also be rewritten, have descriptive names (like mentioning the clock speed in the Profile name), CRC Checksum and around 3.5 times more bytes allocated than DDR4.

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Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RAM

Kingston has generally been pretty swift with launching new products with the latest technology. It would be safe to call Kingston the flag bearers of tech when it comes to RAM kits and SSD drives. Many Kingston products, such as their HyperX SSDs, HyperX Predator RAM kits have been staples for gazillions of PC builders worldwide. Now that the HyperX brand has mutated itself into separate entity, Kingston has stuck to its Renegade line of products.

The Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5 RAM kits were launched back in September 2022. We waited this long for a review because to do justice to the DDR5 platform, we needed a native DDR5 supporting CPU and chipset. Now that we have both of them, the Intel Core i9-13900K and the Gigabyte Z790 AUROS Elite AX, we can proceed with the review giving legit DDR5 performance figures.

Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5-6400 32GB RAM Kit

The Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 comes in two variants, an RGB and a non-RGB unit. Both units are practically identical, the difference being that one supports RGB and the other doesnt. Aside from that, the RAM modules are available in two clock speeds, DDR5-6000 and DDR5-6400. In this review, we are testing the DDR5-6400 32GB kit. The kit includes two 16GB modules, which can be used independently too.

Features

The Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB RAM supports Dynamic, customizable RGB lighting effects. It comes with Kingston’s patented FURY Infrared Sync Technology, which ensures that all the RAM modules have their RGB lights synced together. It is Intel XMP 3.0 certified, overclockable to 7200MT/s, and has an aggressive heat spreader design.

FURY CTRL App

The Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB RAM comes with Kingston’s patented FURY Infrared Sync Technology. This technology is capable of syncing the LED effects between all the RAM sticks that support this technology. The lighting can be set via the FURY CTRL app available on the Windows Store. The effects are pretty astounding if you’re new to RGB lighting. The FURY CTRL app has some amazing lighting presets to play around with, much better than what competitors offer. Software has been Kingston’s achilles heel since many years, but not anymore.

There are many customizations that you can do on your Fury Renegade RGB RAM. We loved that you can finally change the brightness of the LED lighting, something that was lacking in Kingston’s DDR4 RAMs. In the FURY CTRL software, you have a rich set of effects on offer. We particularly liked the Twilight and Rain effects.

The coolest thing about the FURY Renegade’s RGB is that it works perfectly with Gigabyte’s AUROS ENGINE and Gigabyte Control Centre software. That means you can synchronize the Fury Renegade’s RGB lighting with the LED lights of your motherboard, cabinet, cooler, keyboard and mouse. Pretty cool, eh?

Here’s what the Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB RAM looks in all its RGB glory.

Specifications

Capacity	32GB (16GB x 2)
Speed	6400MT/s, 6000MT/s, 4800MT/s
Latency	CL32-39-39-80, CL32-38-38-80, CL38-38-38-70
Voltage	1.40V, 1,35V, 1.10V
Operating Temperature	0°C to 85°C
Dimensions	133.35 mm x 39.2 mm x 7.65 mm (non-RGB) 133.35 mm x 44 mm x 7.66 mm (RGB)

Here are the specifications as verified by CPU-Z.

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Build and Design

The Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB RAM’s does justice to its “FURY Renegade” namesake. It looks like an aggresive, angry RAM, ready to attack at the slightest hint of threat. Being aimed at gaming PCs, you get a lot of angled cuts. The entire module is based on a two-tone Grey and Black aluminum casing. On the top is the RGB lighting fin. The is the same RGB module that has been adorning Kingston kits since time memorial. The “refresh rate” of the lighting isn’t as smooth as one would like. I for one was hoping Kingston upgraded this, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

A height of 44mm means the module won’t come in the way of other components in your PC, particularly if you’re using a liquid cooler. Taller RAM modules sometimes make it problematic for the water pipes. That wouldn’t be a problem with the FURY Renegade.

Enabling the XMP Profile

The first thing you need to do is enable the XMP profile through the BIOS to experience the full speed on offer by the Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RAM, namely, the 6000 MT/s and 6400 MT/s clock speeds. By default, the 4800 MT/s profile is set. If you’re running a Z690 or Z790 motherboard, you need to change the XMP profile in your BIOS else you will be using the lowest clock speed. A surprisingly large number of users buy a high speed RAM but never set the correct XMP profile in the BIOS.

You can set the XMP profile by entering the BIOS. Press Del or F2 as soon as you switch your PC on, before the OS starts loading. Each motherboard has a different layout in its BIOS settings. Regardless, the XMP Profile setting will be pretty visible in the main BIOS page.

Test System

Here is our test system. Notice the 13th gen Intel CPU, to derive the maximum benefits of DDR5. Also, notice the latest gen Z790 motherboard. We could have gone with a Z690 board, but a Z790 uses DDR5 without any lane bottlenecks.

Processor	Intel Core i9-13900K
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z790 AUROS ELITE AX
Memory	Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 6400MT/s 16GB x 2
Graphics Card	ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4090 Trinity
SSD	WD_Black SN750 1TB
Power Supply Unit	Seasonic 850W Gold
CPU Cooler	Gigabyte AUROS Waterforce X360
Operating System	Windows 11 64-bit

All the RAM modules in this test are DDR5, and we have mentioned the clock speed and latency at which the particular RAM has been tested. Here are the RAM modules we have used for comparison.

• Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 CL38
• Crucial DDR5-4800 CL40
• G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000 CL36
• Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5-6000 CL32

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Performance

Synthetic Benchmarks

AIDA64 Cache and Memory Benchmark

We have crossed 10 GB/s read speeds! This is something we should expect more from 13th generation builds now.

AIDA64 – Read

The FURY Renegade inches ahead significantly of all the DDR5 RAMs we have tested so far. Just going by the numbers, it is evident that clock speeds do have an impact on real world performance.

AIDA64 – Write

AIDA64 – Copy

AIDA64 Latency

Gaming Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Time Spy is a test by 3DMark that is widely used for benchmarking the gaming performance of build. The Time Spy tests renders a DirectX 12 sequence and assigns a score at end of the run.

Surprisingly, Corsair’s Vengeance DDR5 RAM, running at 5200 Mt/s, inches out slightly ahead of the FURY Renegade DDR5. Still, between all the DDR5 RAM kits that we’re testing, there margin of difference in the performance majorly lies between 1% – 3% in all our gaming benchmarks.

3DMark Time Spy Extreme

Time Spy Extreme is the same test as Time Spy, the only difference being that it renders the graphics in 4K resolution. This is a good test to measure the 4K DirectX 12 performance of a PC.

3DMark Fire Strike Ultra

Fire Strike Ultra is a different test that utilizes DirectX 11 at 4K resolution.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Between the five different RAM kits, there is a gap of 7 frames per second between the slowest and the fastest RAM. In other words, buying a performance RAM will give your games a boost by around 3-4% in frames per second.

Far Cry 6

Productivity

PCMark 8 – MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

PCMark’s Office productivity test actually runs the applications under commonly used scenarios. It calculates the launch times of the applications, along with its processing speed when using the applications.

PCMark 8 – Common Home Computing Test

The PCMark Common Home Computing Test takes around 1 hour to complete. It takes the system through various predefined scenarios, like moving around files, browsing the internet, editing pictures, video conferencing etc. Judging from the results, a faster RAM can easily boost overall performance by roughly 7%.

Overclocking

(Coming Soon)

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Conclusion

The Kingston FURY Renegade 32GB 6400MT/s 32GB RAM kit comes out of our exhaustive review process nailing each and every aspect. It performs really well, emerging a clear winner when pinned against other DDR5 RAM kits. Kingston’s FURY CTRL software offers some eye-watering effects that we actually loved. Software was always a weakness of Kingston, but they have redeemed themselves with the latest version of FURY CTRL. The RAM is also built well and built to last. We have tested a handful of Kingston RAM kits and have been using them in our builds since years, we have never faced any problems with them so far. However, if you’re still doubtful of the RAM’s longevity, Kingston is offering a lifetime warranty. Nice.

The FURY Renegade 32GB 6400MT/s kit costs ₹21,700. The same kit at a lower speed of 6000MT/s costs ₹17,999. Without RGB, both kits comes ever cheaper. Spending ₹3,200 extra for around 1-2% performance is a decision one has to make for themselves. Comparing with other OEMs, there are hardly any competitors for the 6400MT/s variant. G.Skill offers 7200 CL34 RAM for around ₹26,000. That is a good ₹3,300 above the FURY Renegade. In perspective, only G.Skill has a competitive RAM.

At 6000MT/s speeds, the Kingston FURY Renegade is significantly cheaper than the variants by G.Skill and Corsair.

A nice product by Kingston, we had to really nitpick to find one small con, which is, the refresh rate of the RGB lights. Apart from that, this a great RAM kit that will make a good companion for PC builds for years to come. It is priced competitively too, while offering premium features that most OEMs don’t offer.