DDR4 Round-Up: Corsair, G.SKILL, Kingston, PNY, Predator Tested

1. Corsair, G.SKILL, Kingston, PNY, Predator DDR4 Tested2. Predator Apollo RGB DDR4 32GB 3600MHz CL143. Corsair Vengeance RGB RT 32GB 3600MHz CL184. G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Elite 32GB 3600MHz CL145. Kingston Fury Renegade RGB 32GB 3600MHz CL166. Kingston Fury Renegade 16GB 5333MHz CL207. PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB 16GB 4000MHz CL188. Testing Methodology9. Compute and Productivity Tests10. Memory Benchmarks11. Gaming Tests & Overclocking12. Overclocking13. Closing Thoughts14. View All Pages

Another set of Kingston Fury Renegade memory, but this time we have a non-RGB kit that focusses purely on performance instead of flashy lights.

The kit we have is rated at an eye-watering 5333MHz supporting XMP, timings are 20-30-30-52 at 1.60V, and the 16GB set is 2x8GB using single-rank modules. The underlying ICs are Hynix DJR which are clearly overclocked to extremes.

This time, the backup XMP setting is for 4000MHz 19-23-23-42 at 1.35V, which is a very commendable specification in its own right. In fact, the backup XMP configuration is perhaps more impressive than the main 5.33GHz version when factoring the balance between frequency, timings, and voltage.

Put simply, Kingston appears to have delivered a DDR4 kit with DDR5-level specifications. And that could be very cool indeed, if you have the relevant use case… and a capable motherboard!

Kingston’s module styling is practically identical between the RGB and non-RGB set, with the exception of the plastic light diffusion bar of course. You still get the silver/white Kingston Fury and Renegade DDR4 writing on the aluminium sheets.

In place of the removed plastic light bar is additional aluminium heatsink that feels solid and should add notable performance to the module’s cooling capacity. And that may well be useful given the incredibly high operating voltage of 1.6V under high-speed XMP conditions.

Module height is still around 42mm tall, so this does indeed appear to be a straight swap of design. RGB light diffusion bar out, extra aluminium heatspreader in.

UK pricing is £475 on the Kingston store and availability seems poor elsewhere. US pricing is $603 through a Newegg third party seller.

• Model Number: KF453C20RBK2/16
• Capacity: 16GB (2x 8GB)
• Rated Frequency: DDR4-5333MHz
• Rated Timings: 20-30-30-52
• Voltage: 1.60V
• Format: Non-ECC Unbuffered 288-pin DIMM

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