By: Jonathan Kwan
April 25, 2025
"Did you go to Sir Winston Churchill High School?" a student in my class asked me in one of our side conversations. I laughed and replied, "Yeah, I did. Why did you ask?" "Oh, you just seem like the type," she said. Now, what exactly is the "type" that goes to Sir Winston Churchill High School here in Calgary? For those who are not from here, Churchill is one of the best public high schools in the province, and in general, any nerdy looking Asian who grew up in Northwest Calgary probably attended it. I certainly fit the description, and in case you are wondering, my colleague Aaron Lai did, in fact, attend Churchill for high school as well. But is looking a certain way always indicative of one's capabilities? Here at APH Networks, we have covered many models in the Kingston FURY Renegade lineup, including the FURY Renegade DDR5-7200 2x16GB and FURY Renegade DDR5-6000 2x16GB, plus the RGB variant, the FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB. They all look the same, but what is under the hood is different. The DDR5-6000 models feature SK hynix H5CG48MEBDX014 ICs, which typically occupy the 6000MT/s range, while the DDR5-7200 has SK hynix H5CG48AGBDX018 ICs, which clocks into the 7000MT/s range. What we have today is yet another FURY Renegade, but despite looking exactly the same as the rest, there are even more changes. Not only does its SK hynix H5CGD8MGBDX021 occupy the 8000MT/s range, but also features a clock driver as a CUDIMM for improved stability and performance for the newest Intel CPUs. How will it compare against the latest CUDIMMs from Corsair, Crucial, and XPG? Read on to find out!
Our review unit of the Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5-8400 2x24GB arrived in a small brown corrugated cardboard box from the company's American offices in Fountain Valley, California, USA. Everything arrived in excellent condition to us here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada using the FedEx Ground service for our review today.
The Kingston FURY brand is aimed at enthusiasts, while the regular Kingston name is all about business. Like the FURY Renegade DDR5-7200 2x16GB I reviewed in June 2023, the packaging for the Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5-8400 2x24GB seems to be more Kingston than Kingston FURY. Its retail packaging looks quite serious as you can see in our photo above, and should I say, professional and business-like. The background is predominantly monochrome with hints of red for the FURY brand. Kingston's branding and product name is shown across the center, while the memory capacity and rated bandwidth are printed on a sticker underneath. A three-quarters photo of the FURY Renegade RAM occupies some prime real estate. The Kingston FURY logo is centered at the bottom. Additional branding and another photo can be found on the remaining sides of the box.
Before we move on, let us take a look at the specifications of the Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5-8400 2x24GB, as obtained from the manufacturer's website:
Capacity: 24GB
Kit of 2: 48GB
CUDIMM Speed: 8400MT/s
Latency: CL40
Voltage: 1.45V
Operating Temperature: 0°C to 85°C
Dimensions: 133.35mm x 39.2mm x 7.65mm
Out of the box, you will receive each memory module in the Kingston FURY Renegade kit packaged in its own compartment in the enclosed clear plastic tray. You will also get a Kingston FURY sticker to show off your brand pride. There is nothing else included, but I am not sure what else you can expect from a DDR5 kit either, haha.
A screenshot of the memory tab in CPU-Z with Kingston's FURY Renegade DDR5-8400 2x24GB installed. The SPD timings table in CPU-Z reads standard JEDEC specifications programmed into the memory as well as XMP data for running the memory at various speeds. Our ASUS ProArt Z890-Creator WiFi motherboard used for testing had no issues detecting and working with the FURY Renegade DDR5-8400 RAM right out of the box using the latest BIOS revision. The Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5-8400 2x24GB retails for approximately $340 at press time.
Page Index
1. Introduction, Packaging, Specifications
2. A Closer Look, Test System
3. Benchmark: AIDA64 CPU
4. Benchmark: AIDA64 FPU
5. Benchmark: AIDA64 Memory
6. Benchmark: PCMark 10
7. Benchmark: 3DMark
8. Benchmark: PassMark PerformanceTest 11
9. Benchmark: SuperPI 1M, Cinebench 2024
10. Overclocking and Conclusion
