Kingston FURY Beast 16GB DDR5-5600 CL40 Black

Kingston FURY Beast 16GB DDR5-5600 CL40 Black

Kingston
65 Overall Score
vs
G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB DDR3L-1600

G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB DDR3L-1600

G.Skill
31 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

Kingston FURY Beast 16GB DDR5-5600 CL40 Black

85 out of 100 medium confidence 13 reviews

The Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 memory is widely praised for its excellent price-to-performance ratio, especially as a budget-friendly high-speed option for new DDR5 boards. Users find it easy to install and reliable, with several noting the need to enable XMP in BIOS to reach full speeds. A few mention the price is still high for 32GB kits, but overall sentiment is very positive.

Pros
  • Great price-to-performance ratio
  • Easy installation
  • Reliable and stable
  • High-speed DDR5 performance
  • Low-profile design for large coolers
Cons
  • XMP must be enabled in BIOS for full speed
  • Price still high for 32GB kits
  • Limited to DDR5-compatible systems
👍 Price to performance 5
👍 Ease of installation 4
👍 Reliability 3
👎 Xmp requirement 2
👍 Value for money 4
👍 Speed performance 3

G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB DDR3L-1600

No customer feedback yet

Scores

Budget
Kingston
84
G.Skill
73
Gaming
Kingston
67
G.Skill
25
Workstation
Kingston
64
G.Skill
20
Laptop
Kingston
46
G.Skill
40
Server
Kingston
29
G.Skill
11

Specifications

Kingston FURY BeastG.Skill Ripjaws
Memory
TypeDDR5★DDR3L
Form FactorUDIMMSODIMM
Total Capacity
16,384
4,096
Modules11
Per Module
16,384
4,096
Pins288204
Performance
Speed
5,600
1,600
CAS Latency409★
Timings40-40-409-9-9-28
Voltage1.25★1.350000023841858
Class
ECC✗✗
Registered✗✗
OC ProfileIntel XMP 3.0—
Features
RGB✗✗
Heat Spreader✓★✗

Pros & Cons

Kingston FURY Beast 16GB DDR5-5600 CL40 Black

  • Strong social proof (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Strong speed (77th percentile)
  • Below average latency (32nd percentile)

G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB DDR3L-1600

  • Strong affordability (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong latency (78th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (9th percentile)9th %ile
  • Below average speed (14th percentile)14th %ile
  • Below average feature (18th percentile)18th %ile

Pricing

Kingston FURY Beast 16GB DDR5-5600 CL40 Black

G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB DDR3L-1600

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: Kingston FURY Beast

Scores 65 overall, wins 5 of 5 usage categories and 6 of 15 specs.

Kingston FURY Beast Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopServerWorkstation

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