Choosing memory is not exactly the most exiting affair when building your system, however choosing the right one is crucial, as the amount, physical configuration, and speed would directly affect the performance of your entire system.
For example, if you were to choose a kit too slow, and you were running on AMDs popular APUs like the 5600G, then you would be in for a bad time as the CPU and Integrated graphics share the system memory, and there’s a reason dedicated graphics cards come with much faster memory than the system itself, is because graphics needs it for the work they do.
With that being said, today I’ll be doing a quick look at a kit of memory that would suffice for both people running speed sensitive builds with APUs, and ones with decicated graphics cards, the Kingston Fury Renegade in a 16gb of 2x8gb with a rated speed of 4600MT/s. The specific SKU of the one I’ll be testing would be KF446C19RB2AK2/16.
The Kingston FURY KF446C19RB2AK2/16 is a 16GB DDR4 memory kit. It consists of two 8GB modules, each capable of running at a high speed of 4600MHz with low latency. The kit supports Intel XMP 2.0 for overclocking and can also operate at a standard speed of 2400MHz. The kit comes typically packaged as most memory modules nowadays do, with just two dimms inside, and a Fury sticker for your case, or anywhere you desire.
The modules themselves are 45.76 mm high, which is average, which shouldn’t cause you too much trouble installing massive tower cooler. At the very top is a translucent uninterrupted RGB diffuser with 10 LEDs beneath, which provide striking colors. However, upon testing, I was unable to download the software to properly configure the LEDs
Hopping into the the UEFI, I’m presented with two XMP Profiles to choose from.
- XMP Profile #1: DDR4-4600 CL19-26-26 @1.5V
- XMP Profile #2: DDR4-4000 CL19-23-23 @1.35V
Of course choosing the 4600Mhz profile, I proceed on to tests with AIDA64.
- Daily Build
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5800x
- Cooler: Corsair H100i
- Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 Ultra
- GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3080Ti OC
- PSU: Corsair RM1000i
Overall, after using this kit on my main system, they do perform exceptionally well especially for memory intensive tasks! The 10-Led array on each stick is define a nice addition, however what you really want to look at for this specific kit is the speed, especially if you have a system that needs the faster speed!