DDR5 Round-Up: Crucial, G.SKILL, Kingston, KLEVV Tested

From Kingston, we have the Fury Beast DDR5 RGB kit running at 6000MHz. This particular set is a 32GB option using a pair of 16GB SK Hynix-fed DIMMs.

Rated frequency is 6000MHz with timings of 36-38-38-80. The kit is rated to run at 1.35V.

Interestingly, Kingston includes both XMP and EXPO settings for the memory. This is ideal for somebody who has bought an AMD platform currently but may switch to Intel in the future, or vice versa.

There are also additional EXPO and XMP modes beyond the 6000MHz setting. You can run at 5600MHz with the same CL36 timings but at a lower voltage of 1.25V.

That may be ideal for somebody with a motherboard that is being awkward with memory support whilst awaiting a BIOS update. Or perhaps just for quick troubleshooting with a reasonable DDR5 voltage.

A temperature sensor is included on the modules. This data feeds through to monitoring software and is useful for keeping an eye on.

Styling for the Fury Beast modules follows what I would call an industrial approach. There are notches and angles detailed into the heatspreader. And Kingston has left some of the heatspreader fastening hardware visible, which actually looks pretty cool in my opinion.

I think the contrast of the silver ‘Fury’ writing on the metal heatspreader is aesthetically pleasing thanks to its shiny appearance picking up surrounding light.

Speaking of lights, Kingston includes a full-size diffusion bar on top of the module to disperse the RGB glow.

There are a couple of breaks in the diffusion bar where the metal heatspreader wraps over the top, and whether you like that or not will be down to individual preference.

Personally, I think the RGB lighting looks appealing. The smoothness is good and I quite liked the granularity between colours. Brightness is absolutely fine.

And of course, control through Kingston’s own RGB software or – more importantly – partnering motherboard vendor software is straightforward.

Pricing for the KF560C36BBEAK2-32 kit that we have varies depending on the daily discount. It is currently £189 at Overclockers UK, though it was £200 just a few days ago, so watch out for quick price changes. And the kit is £161 at Amazon at the time of writing this script, which seems like a good deal, though we’re not sure how long it will stay at that price.

Sub-£190 for a premium-designed RGB kit running at 6GHz CL36 is a good price point. It competes reasonably with the likes of Corsair Vengeance RGB at similar spec levels.

• Model Number: KF560C36BBEAK2-32
• Capacity: 32GB (2x 16GB)
• Rated Frequency: DDR5-6000MHz
• Rated Timings: 36-38-38-80
• Voltage: 1.35V
• XMP/EXPO: XMP (2 profiles) & EXPO (2 profiles)

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