Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3-1866-CL10 1.50V Review
Category : DDR3
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 20.10.14
The Kingston HyperX Fury are the latest DDR3 memory modules from Kingston. The worlds largest independet memory maker wants to offer a new level of customization to system builders by adding differently colored heatspreaders to a fully black PCB. Apart from that the HyperX Fury series is targeting the mid range market and therefore you can get either 8 GB or 16 GB memory rated between 1333 MHz to 1866 MHz. In this review we're going to have a detailed look at the DDR3-1866 kit and check what these sticks can do.
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| Manufacturer | Kingston |
| Series | Fury |
| Part Number | HX318C10FRK2_16 |
| Type | DDR3 |
| Capacity | 16 GB (2 x 8GB) |
| Frequency | 1'866 MHz |
| Timings | 10-11-10 |
| VDIMM | 1.5 Volt |
| Registred/Unbuffered | Unbuffered |
| ECC | No |
| Cooling | Passive Heatspreader |
| Waranty | Lifetime warranty |
| Package Type | Plastic Blister |
Looking at the specs we find that this 16 GB kit runs at DDR3-1866 CL10-11-10. As we already mentioned Kingston is targeting mid-range markets with these modules.
Closer Look
The HyperX Fury modules reach you in transparent blister packaging. Wrapped around the plastic there is a sticker carrying the specs and it also acts as a seal.
This particular HyperX Fury kit ships with heatspeaders, which are finished in a blend of red and silver, which is likely to fit with quite a few motherboard models out there. Apart from this combination you can also get these moduels in blue/silver, black/silver and white/silver.
The HyperX Fury memory sticks feature good looking as well as well built heatspreaders. Like most other manufacturers also Kingston equips their mid-range memory modules with heatspreaders, which have been made from aluminum sheets and they're being sticked to the memory chips with adhesive tape. The overall quality is the way you'd be expecting it from mid-range modules and therefore on very decent level.
Taking the heatspeaders off any memory module out there is not something we would recommend doing at home due to strong adhesive that requires a very careful approach.
Our modules are dual-sided and a closer look at the chips show that they come from SK Hynix and the last three letters read "AFR". These are actually the budget chips a memory maker can buy and we do not expect any miracles from them.
The SPD module of the modules contains some basic information such as maker, part number and manufacturing date. It also features different JEDEC profiles.
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Test Setup
In order to thoroughly test memory as well as memory kits, we're making use of Intels Haswell platform in combination with a highly binned Core i7-4770K CPU. This allows use to drive memory at highest possible frequencies and therefore do proper scaling tests. Different memory chips (ICs) have different sweet spots in the case of primary timings, which is why we're altering CAS latency, tRCD, tRP as well as tRAS. Overall we build five different presets, which - as explained - can be different from IC to IC used on a memory module. Other than that we're also changing DRAM voltages, wheras we're setting 1.35V, 1.50V, 1.65V and 1.85V. There are actually reasons why we're using these voltages. 1.35V is commonly used on ultra low voltage memory modules (ECO) and low voltage memory makes use of 1.50V. 1.65V is the value recommended by Intel and 1.85V is used for overclocking capability testing. Last but not least it remains to be explained how we find out whether a certain setting is stable or not. For that purpose we're running HyperPi.| Motherboard | ASUS Maximus VII Formula (BIOS 0603) |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4770K ES |
| Graphic card | ASUS GTX 580 |
| Memory | FHX318C10FRK2_16 |
| SSD | Samsung 845DC EVO 960GB |
| PSU | Seasonic Platinum 660 Watts |
| OS | Windows 7, 64 bit SP1 |
CAS latency 9 / 9-12-12-35
We start to test tightest possible CAS latency, which work with these AFR chips from SK Hynix. We've been able to make these sticks run at CL9. Setting the memory voltage at 1.35V in the BIOS HyperPi passed at 1'617 MHz. Feeding higher voltage (1.5V) to the memory, makes the frequency scale to 1'836 MHz. Driving the memory at 1.65V allowed HyperPi to pass at 2'020 MHz and at 1.85V 2'155 MHz were possible.
CAS latency 10 / 10-12-12-35
When running CL10 we went through the same procedure like with CL9. Setting the memory voltage at 1.35V in the BIOS HyperPi passed at 1'800 MHz. Feeding higher voltage (1.5V) to the memory, makes the frequency scale to 2'000 MHz. Driving the memory at 1.65V allowed HyperPi to pass at 2'133 MHz and at 1.85V 2'244 MHz were possible.
CAS latency 11 / 11-13-13-35
When running CL11 we went through the same procedure like with CL10. Setting the memory voltage at 1.35V in the BIOS HyperPi passed at 1'905 MHz. Feeding higher voltage (1.5V) to the memory, makes the frequency scale to 2'080 MHz. Driving the memory at 1.65V allowed HyperPi to pass at 2'288 MHz and at 1.85V 2'496 MHz were possible.
CAS latency 12 / 12-13-13-35
When running CL12 we went through the same procedure like with CL11. Setting the memory voltage at 1.35V in the BIOS HyperPi passed at 2'155 MHz. Feeding higher voltage (1.5V) to the memory, makes the frequency scale to 2'222 MHz. Driving the memory at 1.65V allowed HyperPi to pass at 2'424 MHz and at 1.85V 2'533 MHz were possible.
CAS latency 13 / 13-15-15-35
When running CL13 we again went through the same procedure like with CL12. Setting the memory voltage at 1.35V in the BIOS HyperPi passed at 2'322 MHz. Feeding higher voltage (1.5V) to the memory, makes the frequency scale to 2'400 MHz. Driving the memory at 1.65V allowed HyperPi to pass at 2'424 MHz and at 1.85V 2'437 MHz were possible.
Overclocking
Driving these memory sticks at their limit shows a clock frequnecy of 2'599.4 MHz. In this case we have to feed the modules with 1.85 Volt. This result is not bad for AFR chips, since most other AFR based module we were testing in the past didn't manage to score equally high. [/de]
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| Overall the Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3-1866-C10 is a good DDR3 memory kit based on AFR chips from SK Hynix. In a nutshell it is a reasonably priced 16GB dual-channel kit. Since this is a mid-range memory kit you should not expect miraculously high frequencies. The HyperX Fury modules are much more about modding then they are about overclocking, since you can get those modules with differently colored heatspreaders. What's also great is that these sticks feature a black PCB, so the modules definitely blend in nicely on well designed motherboards. |
- Reasonably priced
- Available with differently colored heatspreaders - Compatibility with big coolers |
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| Scaling | + | - | |
| With CL9 as well as CL10 and even CL11 we see almost linear scaling even with 1.85V, which is basically the best you can get. Having a closer look at CL12 and CL13 we see there is a negative progression in scaling, the higher the voltage is. This means, that we're closing in on the frequency limits of these chips. We would have expected scaling to be worse on these AFR based sticks but it appears there is some binning going on behind the scenes before these chips make it onto the PCBs. | - Scaling CL9 - Scaling CL10 - Scaling CL11 | - Scaling CL12 - Scaling CL13 | |
| Overclocking | + | - | |
| Using the Maximus VII Formula and our specific memory testing CPU, that has quite a good IMC, we were able to drive these modules at 2'599.4 MHz (CL12-13-13-35). As we already mentioned for a reasonably priced 16GB kit, which is based on AFR chips this is a decent result. | |||
| Recommendation / Price | + | - | |
| Checking Geizhals.at for prices we find the Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB, DDR3-1866, CL10-11-10-35 kit listed for 135 Euro. Therefore this kit is well priced and in combination with the differently colored heatsinks not only assemblers will find it interesting but they will also appeal to modders. |
- Price
- Overclocking - Gaming and workstation PC |
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| Rating | |||
| The Fury 1866MHz C10 16GB from Kingston receives very good 4.5 out of 5 stars. | |||
