Kingston FURY DDR5 CAMM2 Module, FURY Renegade, and FURY Beast Memory Products at Computex 2024

[btarunr]

Kingston at the 2024 Computex showed us their latest gaming and overclocking PC memory products, under its FURY brand. The star attraction here, is the FURY Impact DDR5 CAMM2 module. Kingston is partnering with MSI to bring this standard to the gaming PC space, as part of its new Project Zero ecosystem. A DDR5 CAMM2 is basically a dual-channel (4 sub-channel) DDR5 memory-on-a-stick. The module has wiring for both the channels and all four sub-channels, and a total of two ranks (1R/DPC). The module sits on a land-grid, just like the processor, and is held in place by a series of screws. When installed, a CAMM2 looks a lot more discreet than a bunch of DIMMs that stick out perpendicularly to the plane of the motherboard.

Kingston DDR5 CAMM2 will come in typical dual-channel capacities, such as 32 GB; with typical speeds. The CAMM2 standard was originally designed for mainstream notebooks and mini-PC desktops, but MSI adapted it to an ATX desktop motherboard with its Project Zero backside connectivity. Next up, we have the FURY Renegade RGB DDR5 series, with its high DDR5 speeds, and plenty of RGB bling. Densities range between 16 GB (1x 16 GB) to 96 GB (2x 48 GB), with popular densities along the way, such as 2x 16 GB, and 2x 24 GB. Speeds range between DDR5-6000, all the way till DDR5-8000 (with XMP 3.0).



The Kingston FURY Beast also has some RGB lighting, but is a more mid-range product. Densities range between 1x 16 GB till 4x 32 GB (for workstations), and speeds between DDR5-4800 to DDR5-6800. This supports both Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO. Both the FURY Beast and FURY Renegade get 18-preset internal RGB lighting controls.



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[Chaitanya]

Seems like both Intel and AMD dont want CAMM/LPCAMM as they themselves are killing support for user replaceble memory on their mobile platforms

 

[natr0n]

how does camm2 work for dual channel, 2 camm2 ports ?

I see it's dual channel on 1 module now. Saw more pics online.

 

[MaMoo]

When is 128GB (2x64) DIMMs or CAMM going to be available on the market? I thought Kingston announced some a while ago?

 

[JWNoctis]

A minor cosmetic detail, but that looked just like their usual SO-DIMM sticker on that CAMM2 module. Who knows whether this standard would really span out on full-size desktop? Why just 32GB?

It certainly would spell an absolute end of the previously typical upgrade plan of "buy n GB now, upgrade with n GB later", though I suppose that's already mostly dead with the difficulties of 2DPC DDR5 setups.

When is 128GB (2x64) DIMMs or CAMM going to be available on the market? I thought Kingston announced some a while ago?

Considering that motherboard manufacturers have been upgrading their BIOS to support 256GB of RAM for a while, I've been wondering the same.

 

[konga]

Seems like both Intel and AMD dont want CAMM/LPCAMM as they themselves are killing support for user replaceble memory on their mobile platforms

With Intel, it's just their low-power Lunar Lake platform for now. Higher power laptops will still use Arrow Lake with off-package memory. Who knows what the future holds, though. I wouldn't be surprised if even desktop chips eventually move to on-package memory. It's just a faster way of doing things. We gave up on memory sockets on our graphics cards a very long time ago. Why not CPUs, too? I mean, I know why not, but the benefits could outweigh the drawbacks.

A minor cosmetic detail, but that looked just like their usual SO-DIMM sticker on that CAMM2 module. Who knows whether this standard would really span out on full-size desktop? Why just 32GB?

It certainly would spell an absolute end of the previously typical upgrade plan of "buy n GB now, upgrade with n GB later", though I suppose that's already mostly dead with the difficulties of 2DPC DDR5 setups.


Considering that motherboard manufacturers have been upgrading their BIOS to support 256GB of RAM for a while, I've been wondering the same.

I think you'll see much more than 32GB in the future. This standard does have the potential to take off on the desktop, I think, and it should. Having only one socket is the only real drawback, and as you say 2DPC is already a bad idea on DDR5 platforms anyway. The benefits are the low profile eliminating any CPU cooler clearance issues, the ability to put better, more functional heatsinks on the memory which allows for more stable overclocking, better airflow over the dimms in standard case setups, and shorter trace lengths and better socket design allowing for stable speeds closer to soldered memory. I'd give up the flexibility of 4 DIMM slots for this (though I also just admitted to being open to forgoing upgradeable memory entirely)

 

[S73fan]

With this new "form factor" DDR5 CAMM2, soon it will be like laptops, everything will be soldered on the motherboard ...