Review: Kingston FURY Beast RAM is a solid PC upgrade especially for creators

When I built my computer a couple of years ago, I decided to equip my build with two sticks of 8GB RAM for a total of 16GB. They were clocked at 3200MHz and got the job done for the most part. However, more and more games seem to require more RAM with some even saying you should have 32GB. Also, I’ve been doing some more creation like video editing which was slow. Thankfully, Kingston came to my rescue.

Kingston manufactures high-quality memory and storage products such as the recently released FURY Renegade Pro DDR5 RAM modules. Unfortunately, my computer doesn’t support DDR5 memory and I don’t have the funds to upgrade my CPU and motherboard to go test those modules. However, Kingston was kind enough to send me a 32GB kit of their FURY Beast DDR4 RGB RAM modules clocked at 3600 MT/s. I’ve been running RAM in my computer for a few weeks now and thought I’d share my thoughts and thoughts on the upgrade. For reference, my old RAM is the Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Alliance set. My CPU is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and my GPU is an AMD RX 6800XT.

Before I get to day-to-day use with double (and faster) RAM, let’s talk about some benchmarks I ran. I ran each of the tests in three different configurations: 2x8GB, 1x16GB and 2x16GB. In PugetBench tests for Photoshop, each configuration scored 769, 747, and 941 respectively. In Premiere Pro, they scored 473, 428, and 475 points, respectively. It should be noted that I went to test After Effects and it crashed in both 16GB configurations and only when I switched to 32GB was it able to complete and did so with a score of 679.

To more properly test After Effects, I found another test on YouTube by EQUILOUD that I used to test all three configurations. There are two parts to the test and interestingly enough when I went from 2x8GB to 1x16GB, the first part was down about 11 minutes but the second part took about the same amount of time. So when I upgraded to 2x16GB, the first test was just a little faster, but the second one dropped from about 6 minutes to 7 seconds!

How does upgrading from 16GB to 32GB of RAM affect gaming? Well, it wasn’t as big of a deal as I would have hoped. Sure, I don’t have some of the big new games that want 32GB like Abandoned OR Hogwarts Legacyso i ran the built in benchmark for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla AND Hitman 3. The average number of frames per second hasn’t improved much in either game, however the framerate has become more consistent with the 2x16GB configuration. For Hitman 3, I ran the Dartmoor benchmark and the Dartmoor interactive benchmark. You can see all the gritty details below.

Hitman 3 Interactive Benchmark:

• 2x8GB

  • Average frame rate: 135.4 FPS

  • Minimum frame rate: 110.5 FPS

  • Maximum frame rate: 145.4 FPS

  • Low 1% framerate: 77.8 FPS

  • Low 0.1% framerate: 48.5 FPS

• 1x16GB

  • Average frame rate: 113.9 FPS

  • Minimum frame rate: 76.9 FPS

  • Maximum frame rate: 145.4 FPS

  • Low 1% framerate: 55.9 FPS

  • Low 0.1% framerate: 43.2 FPS

• 2x16GB

  • Average frame rate: 140.9 FPS

  • Minimum frame rate: 118.1 FPS

  • Maximum frame rate: 145.5 FPS

  • Low 1% framerate: 85.3 FPS

  • Low 0.1% framerate: 72.4 FPS

In real-world experiences, what I’ve found is that my computer performs better. I don’t have to worry so much about how many browser tabs I have, how many background programs I have like Steam and the Epic Games Store, and things just run better. I recently edited a short video for YouTube and it didn’t crash at all as it did the 2x8GB setup while I was working on it. When I play various games including Guild Wars 2I’m still noticing much more consistent frame rates.

Overall, I’m really happy that I was able to upgrade my RAM and the Kingston FURY Beast modules have been great. They also offer a non RGB model and if you have a DDR5 capable motherboard they have models for you as well. The DDR4 version rated at 3600 MT/s is available at your favorite retailers starting at around $60 if you’re okay with no RGB RAM.