How to read this page. Each section starts Simple, then goes to a Deep dive: stop wherever you have what you need. The small numbers are sources: click one to open the original document. Where the brand has not published a figure -- a price, a die supplier, an exact date -- this page says so rather than estimate it.
1.At a glance
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FURY Beast DDR5 is Kingston’s mid-range gaming memory line — a step up from Kingston’s plain consumer DDR5, a step below the FURY Renegade line. It launched on the same day Intel’s 12th-generation “Alder Lake” desktop platform went on sale, 27 October 2021 1.
Deep diveThe technical detail
Kingston’s own launch material describes Beast DDR5 as entering at 4800MT/s and 5200MT/s speed grades, in 16GB single modules and kits of two (32GB total), at 1.1V and 1.25V depending on speed 1. Kingston sells Beast DDR5 in black and, since March 2023, white heat-spreader finishes 2, and lists it under its “FURY Gaming and High-Performance” product family alongside the faster Renegade line 3.
2.Launch and lineup
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Kingston timed Beast DDR5’s debut to the first day desktop DDR5 was buyable at all: Intel’s Alder Lake launch. Two and a half years later, Kingston widened the line with white-finish modules to match light-themed builds, alongside a matching white Renegade DDR5 2.
Deep diveThe technical detail
Kingston’s 27 October 2021 release announced Beast DDR5 at 4800MT/s and 5200MT/s, CL38 and CL40 latencies, in 16GB single modules and 32GB kits, Intel XMP 3.0-ready and certified 1. FURY Renegade DDR5 — the line’s faster sibling — is covered in a separate Kingston release naming 6000MT/s and 6400MT/s speeds, 1.35V and 1.4V, and a programmable PMIC for saving custom XMP 3.0 profiles directly to the module 4; that release’s own page does not carry a full, checkable dateline, so this page does not claim Renegade launched the same day as Beast. The 27 March 2023 follow-up added white heat spreaders to both: Beast DDR5 in black or white, Renegade DDR5 in black-and-silver or white-and-silver aluminum 2. Kingston’s current product page lists Beast DDR5 speeds up to 6800MT/s, roughly 35% above the fastest speed grade named at launch 5.
3.What’s inside the module
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Beast DDR5 uses a low-profile aluminum heat spreader — no RGB lighting on the standard version (a separate “Beast RGB” SKU adds that). Kingston builds in on-die ECC, a DDR5 standard feature that corrects small memory errors automatically, and splits each module into two independent 32-bit sub-channels for efficiency 5.
Deep diveThe technical detail
Kingston’s own spec page lists three design points for Beast DDR5 5:
- On-die ECC — error correction built into the DRAM chips themselves, present on every DDR5 module by JEDEC standard, not a Kingston-specific feature but one Kingston calls out for stability during overclocking.
- Dual 32-bit sub-channels — each DDR5 module operates as two independent 32-bit channels instead of DDR4’s single 64-bit channel, which Kingston states improves efficiency.
- Low-profile heat spreader — sized to clear large CPU air coolers, in black or white 2.
4.Full spec table
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Kingston’s current Beast DDR5 line spans 5200–6800MT/s, CL30–CL40, in single modules from 8GB to 64GB and kits up to 128GB 5.
Deep diveThe technical detail
| Spec | At launch (Oct 2021) | Current lineup (2026) |
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| Speed grades | 4800, 5200 MT/s 1 | 5200, 5600, 6000, 6400, 6800 MT/s 5 |
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| CAS latency | CL38, CL40 1 | CL30, CL32, CL34, CL36, CL40 5 |
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| Capacity, single module | 16GB 1 | 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB 5 |
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| Capacity, kit of 2 | 32GB 1 | 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB 5 |
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| Capacity, kit of 4 | Not offered at launch | 64GB, 128GB 5 |
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| Voltage | 1.1V, 1.25V 1 | 1.25V, 1.35V, 1.4V 5 |
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| Overclock profiles | Intel XMP 3.0 1 | Intel XMP 3.0 Certified, AMD EXPO Certified 5 |
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| Finish | Black only 1 | Black or white 2 |
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Left column from Kingston’s own 27 October 2021 launch release; right column from Kingston’s current product page, checked September 2026. Kingston does not publish a change-log connecting the two, so this table only states what each source itself says at its own date — it does not claim every intermediate speed grade shipped continuously.
5.Where it’s made
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Kingston assembles and tests FURY Beast DDR5 modules itself; it does not manufacture the DRAM chips on them. Kingston does not publish, on this product’s own pages, which chip maker’s dies are inside a given Beast DDR5 stick 5.
Deep diveThe technical detail
Neither the launch release nor the current spec page names a die supplier for Beast DDR5, and Kingston does not publish assembly-plant addresses on the product pages themselves 15. This matches the pattern already documented on Kingston’s own company guide elsewhere on this site: Kingston states plainly that which DRAM vendor’s chips ship inside a given part can vary by batch.
6.What it’s compatible with
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Kingston publishes a dedicated page listing which motherboards it has qualified for FURY DDR5, covering both Intel and AMD platforms 6.
Deep diveThe technical detail
Kingston’s DDR5-qualified-motherboards page is maintained as a running list rather than a fixed launch-day set, and covers both FURY Beast and FURY Renegade DDR5 together — Kingston does not publish a Beast-only compatibility list 6. The current Beast DDR5 spec page states dual certification for Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO overclocking profiles, meaning one-click rated-speed profiles are available on either platform’s supporting motherboards 5.
7.Official pricing
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Kingston does not publish a price for Beast DDR5 on its own product or press pages; pricing is set by individual retailers 51.
Deep diveThe technical detail
Neither the October 2021 launch release, the March 2023 white-finish release, nor the current product page states a price for any Beast DDR5 SKU 125. This page does not quote retailer prices because they change independently of anything Kingston itself publishes.
9.Where this family sits in the lineup
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Sits below: FURY Renegade DDR5, Kingston’s faster line — Kingston’s own Renegade release names 6000MT/s and 6400MT/s speeds and a programmable PMIC for saving custom profiles directly to the module 4, both above Beast DDR5’s own 4800–5200MT/s launch speeds 1. Predecessor: FURY Beast DDR4, the DDR4-era version of the same tier.
Deep diveThe technical detail
Kingston’s 27 October 2021 release introduced Beast DDR5 at 4800–5200MT/s 1. Renegade DDR5 is covered in a separate Kingston release, which names 6000MT/s and 6400MT/s speed grades, 1.35V and 1.4V, and programmable PMIC technology for saving up to two customizable XMP 3.0 profiles directly to the module 4 — a capability Beast DDR5 does not carry. That release’s own page does not show a full dateline this page can verify, so this page does not state an exact Renegade launch date or claim it shipped the same day as Beast. Both lines gained white-finish options in the same March 2023 release 2. Kingston’s own gaming-memory hub lists Beast and Renegade as its current DDR5 desktop lineup 3.
10.Hidden in plain sight
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Beast DDR5 launched on the exact day desktop DDR5 became purchasable at all — Intel’s Alder Lake launch, 27 October 2021 — which means its earliest-shipped speed grade (4800MT/s) is now close to the slowest speed the line still sells at (5200MT/s and up) 15.
Deep diveThe technical detail
Comparing Kingston’s own two press releases shows the line’s low end moved up rather than down: 4800MT/s was a launch speed grade in October 2021 1, but does not appear at all on the current product page, whose slowest listed grade is 5200MT/s 5 — a reminder that a product family’s name and branding can stay fixed while its actual specification range moves entirely past its own starting point within a few years.