9.9.2014

I've often been told that adding to, or upgrading, my computer's RAM would be the most straightforward way to improve my machines performance.I look at my PC as a work essential, but I'm rarely tempted to open it up; never mind consider changing over any components.My desktop is an off the shelf HP, with the boxes ticked for a few upgrades from the factory. Nothing much has been touched since the day it was un-boxed.Having checked that my desktop would accept DDR3 memory, it really couldn't be simpler.I just powered down the machine, un-did the one screw on the side panel (most cases would appear easy to get into now, to make life easier for us), removed the side-panel and located the vacant slots on the mother-board.Now,even if you don't know what a mother-board is, don't be put off. This is going to be the biggest board inside the machine (normally) onto which all the smaller boards connect (you can even find a 'how to' video, if you're struggling).My machine has four RAM slots in total (nicely marked) and had two vacant slots, right next to the existing RAM.A quick check to make sure the RAM was the right way around (note the slot in the RAM to make it easy), slot them in with a little push and that was all that was needed to do the job.Cover back, power on and I was away. Job done. It really is that simple.The packaging was easy to get into, with a basic plastic blister pack. Not scissors required.I have no idea what the significance of the colour (in this case, a rather nice red). I'm sure you could co-ordinate or at least make them easy to spot from the other components.In terms of performance, I've tried a couple of things.The first is the most obvious, with the additional RAM in place (taking my machine to a total of 16GB).There is a noticeable difference with my Windows 7 (SP1) running. It seems to be both quicker and smoother in opening applications and in multi-tasking. I often flip from one piece of software to another, while I'm working on something.I can't say by how much the difference is, but it's certainly noticeable, so my machine is not having to work as hard to deal with the things that I'm throwing at it. For the cost of the RAM, that's got to be a good thing. I look at as giving my machine a bit of a 'spring clean' or 'tune up' with these new parts.I did try some bench-marking software from a PC magazine (a freebie from the cover) and ran two tests, back to back. The first with the original (HP branded) 8GB, then with the new 'Fury' 8GB of RAM.I have to admit that I have no idea how the 'automatic over-clocking' works, but the memory is performing far quicker than the original kit.Since I have the space, I'll leave all the RAM in place, giving me the maximum benefit (at the moment) of the 16GB in total.Having read a few notes on a Windows 7, this should make a noticeable difference. Even if not a 'power user', but in the day to day use of any piece of software.I've used Kingston before, most recently for USB stick drives, and the like. The quality seems to be right up there and I'm happy with all the items (thus far) that I've had from them. I've never had any problems, so would trust the products.Fingers-crossed, I've never had to use their support services, and everything is working away. I'd happily recommend this to my friends and family.

9.3.2016

pretty decent ram at a good price this .in my repairs or builds i do for friends and relatives .i see price is the issue . now this ram does the job then some .so if your a gamer no worries it will do just fine as your pc aint top of the line if you are buying this ram anywayso to the results .. open performance good applications good .rating 4 out of 5 or 8 out of ten for this type of ram only specifies certain types of motherboard and their capabilities anyway so dont worry .gaming 1600 is the sweet spot thats a fact so get used to it i ve done the days and days of research to prove it .this ram transfers files slightly quicker over the 1600 mhz so that is a bonus but cas latency is cancelled

4.1.2016

I purchased a pair of 8GB modules to go into a console replacement PC with a white and black theme. Initially going to be a Red and Black theme I initally brought the Kingston Savage sticks. However after changing to a white and black theme and the Savage sticks leaving a good impression I did not hesitate to pick up the Fury sticks.Much like the savage sticks while you won’t be holding them long, they have a lovely and serious heft to them. Solidly constructed and a nice texture which means they don't quite feel metallic as the savage sticks but nice none the less. Of course I am sure like many aesthetics play a role in picking these and to their credit Kingston have done a lovely job.

8.9.2015

I use an Asus Sabertooth 990fx R2.0 motherboard and this RAM went into the slots incredibly easy - the low profile cooling encasement helps give a good finger / hand-hold of the RAM which then allows for a good solid placement and alignment into the RAM slots on the board - and the Sabertooth recognised the RAM in the BIOS first time on boot, though the clock speed was only at 1333mhz it was easy enough to clock the RAM Mhz up to the 1866mhz clock speed the RAM is listed as its working speed.After finding that Corsair RAM can have compatibility problems with being recognised by Asus Motherboards I sent the Corsair RAM I had originally purchased through Amazon's Refund program - which was a

18.3.2015

RAM (Random Access Memory)RAM we all know that RAM is a very important when it comes to computers, this is because RAM is used for multitasking and its used for a temporary storage for your programs that are currently open on your computer. The more RAM you have the more you can have open and the better your computer will run overall as your computer has more memory to work with.For gaming/normal computers the HyperX FURY Series of RAM are perfect, this is because your getting some top quality RAM and for just over £50 its a great price. Your also getting a great clock speed as well, this clock speed is fine and its about average for most RAM i wouldn't recommend going to any lower RAM clock

25.7.2016

I purchased these by mistake along with a Core i3 4170 and a socket 1150 motherboard.Why?Because I had become so used to do buying Haswell based CPU combos, you know, because Intel decided to skip the 5th Generation for consumers.Aaanyway. I managed to cancel the 4170 & socket 1150 before Amazon shipped them. Managed to purchase a Skylake i3 6100, that is not only 15% faster overall per single core, but was also £9 cheaper. Along with a much better equipped socket 1151 mobo, that thankfully took DDR3 memory. Which was a good thing as I couldn't cancel these, they'd already shipped.Aaanyway. These arrived. Very nicely constructed. Solidly packaged. They are rated for 1866Mhz,

30.7.2015

I had on the motherboard, N68 C-S UCC, a hy-brid AM2/AM3 DDR2/3 I put together as it was a cheap mobo. and to play about unlocking cores on cpu's, however the psu was some what lacking and couldn't give enough power for the graphics card and several drives, the mobo supports both 4GB in DDR2 and DDR 3 however DDR2 4GB is very expensive and not forward compatible to my next system build, so got these as an interim, to replace the Geil DDR2 800MHz (silver)The R.A.M. itself well its darker in colour than appears on my screen (quite a nice blue, keeping this in mind for my new build) the mobo didn't bat an eye at the change, its given a significant boost to the ram speed,

20.8.2014

I'll be comparing this to the Corsair Vengeance Pro (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9R) which I also own.So as you can see the sticks are red, almost perfectly matching the colour of my Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H's heatsinks. The RAM is also low profile which actually matters to me as they comfortably sit under the Noctua NH-U12P unlike the Corsair ones.So right now I am running both the Corsair and Kingston sets for a total of 16GB of RAM.Using the Auto settings both sets ran at 9-9-9-25 @ 665Mhz (which is 1,333 MHz since DDR).By twiddling with the RAM speed and timings I managed to get them running at the more impressive 9-9-9-24 @ 800 Mhz (1,600 MHz DDR). This has been fully tested using Memtest86+.So what does this mean?

10.12.2014

I installed and had no boot problem. Gamed with it fine. Then on day two, tested it with Memtest, which it passed perfectly. All seems to be working. Kingston apparently have the lowest RMA for memory so I am happy. I bought it because Shadow of Mordor (SoM) was using all my previously installed 8GB of RAM. Now I have 16GB, and SoM uses about 10GB max.It's actually better looking than the picture shows. I would have liked to get the white modules because my other identical modules are white. However I noticed that the other colours were cheaper so I bought the cheapest, red. It looks fine installed alongside white. Plus I will always know which is which out of the old and new RAM.Technical Stuff:My board specs say this;* Due to Intel® chipset limitation,

26.8.2014

Improving you RAM is usually the simplest and most effective hardware performance upgrade that you can make. Just slot them in, power up, and off you go.Because I was increasing the amount of RAM for my machine with this order I can't comment too much on the effect high performance of the RAM. The increase in capacity was more important to me.What I will say, is that if you are multitasking using Windows 7 or above with less than 8 Mb of RAM, then increasing you RAM will make a noticeable difference to you.On the face of it the colour is just a gimmick. Usually I would say that I am not a fan of gimmicks, but for some strange reason I quite like it on this occasion.

5.12.2015

While brand and product line reputation isn't as much of a necessity when purchasing RAM, it either works or it doesn't, Kingston has an excellent level of brand loyalty among it's customers and with good reason. Their warranty quality (in the UK at least) is superb and if you have any issues with their products they'll almost always get it sorted.As for this stick I purchased a single 8GB white stick at £24.99, a great price for DDR3, you'd be hard pushed to find anything cheaper (new) anywhere else. The sheath over the chips is, as far as I can tell, metal, adding to the premium feel and adds little height to the profile of the ram so it shouldn't cause any issues with large CPU coolers.The

3.8.2014

Bought these based on the reviews I've read and the size of the heat spreaders. Because of the oversized heatsink and fans required to keep the top chips running cool and for overclocking potential you can struggle to fit the high end ram with its large heatspreaders. These aren't much taller than the ram itself but seem a little wider. They fitted easily under the scythe mugen 4 I purchased to keep my i7 4770k cool. I bought the black version because the motherboard I have will eventually be replaced so I played it Safe (the white modules look stunning so I may get another set to sit between the black ones I have at a later date).

11.9.2016

I'm not sure how to tell how good RAM is and given that the consensus seems to be 'if you're a normal user RAM is RAM' I figured to fall back on aesthetics.These look lovely though the side window.Got this in the sales and having installed it am very pleased with the result. I am a newish/intermediate pc builder and bought this as one of the last things to buy for a new system. The package is in a plastic box similar in a way to how other ram sticks are packaged but has only one package to fit both sticks. It is very sturdy plastic and has a reassuring protective feel about it. The red heatsinks are questionable as to how much they really help but it does look cool on my motherboard so I suppose

29.7.2015

Very quick RAM, system seems to be a lot more stable now. Prefer this to my old Corsair RAM which only lasted 2 years.I have to say though, installing these requires some force. Don't be afraid to push it down. Until you hear the RAM click in place, then push down firmly on both sides to make sure it is securely in place. Also make sure you install both RAM into their correct slots to enable dual channel if you have 64bit architecture.Also you will find these RAM cheaper elsewhere such as Newegg. But bought from Amazon for an extra £10 as they have a great returns policy and are quick delivering. Packaging seemed a bit flimsy though,

21.7.2015

I bought two of these (4x4gb) for my rig and they came pretty quickly (Two days before the slated date)They work perfectly out of the box and install without too much pressure applied (Though I think the mobo might be a factor in that too) The heat spreaders are quite wide so the DIMM's sit pretty close together, decent airflow is always a must anyway but with these sitting so close you may want to double check your airflow set up to make sure it's getting plenty (If you are using four like I am)They aren't low profile but they are lower than most high end ram (Especially lower than Dominator ram)

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