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Kingston's latest flagship memory kit for the FURY range of high-performance memory modules is the FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB Limited Edition. It only comes as a 48GB (2 x 24) running at 8000MT/s with timings of 36-48-48-128 at 1.45V under the fastest of the three Intel XMP 3.0 profiles provided, the other two being 7200MT/s and 6400MT/s. The modules are single-rank 24GB DIMMS using eight 3GB SK hynix M-die ICs. Today we were sent this memory kit in a swish prebuilt system from Logix Systems.
The design of the heat spreaders has been inspired by to quote Kingston “a love of cars and racing” and if you happen to look at the rear of the module first (the side with the product label) you may wonder what all the fuss is about. However looking at the front of the module, the design of it does resemble the side profile of an open-wheeled (e.g. an F1) race car with the gap between the engine cover and rear spoiler filled with a carbon fibre-looking effect. It's very well done and as you might expect for a special edition, the modules certainly look different to the rest of the FURY Renegade clan.
The RGB system comprises twelve LED segments per module. These LEDs are very bright but they can be turned down in the software. The LEDs are controlled by Kingston's FURY CTR RGB Sync software which is downloaded from the Kingston site. The software has eighteen lighting effects but it seems only twelve are supported by the memory modules. There is a wide colour palette and modules can be synced or set up as individual units so pretty much the sky is the limit when it comes to custom schemes. If you want the memory to be integrated into an existing light scheme then most of the 3rd party software is catered for with support for ASRock Polychrome Sync, Asus Aura Sync, MSI Mystic Light Sync and Gigabyte RGB Fusion 2.0.
Although Kingston's Fury Renegade DDR5-8000MT/s Limited Edition is aimed at Intel platforms it will still run on an AMD platform even though it doesn't have an EXPO profile, but as always and particularly with memory running at this speed, check the motherboard compatibility.
We found Kingston's FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-8000MT/s 48GB Limited Edition kit on Ebuyer for £319.96 HERE. You can view Logix Systems HERE.
Pros
- Build quality.
- Heatspreader design.
- 48GB (2x24GB) kit.
Con
- Motherboard compatibility.
- Pricey.
KitGuru says: Kingston's Fury Renegade DDR5-8000MT/s Limited Edition has the lowest CAS (CL) rating for a consumer DDR5-8000 kit at the time of writing, but you do have to choose the right motherboard to get it running at full speed and it is pretty pricey.
