Kingston FURY Impact DDR5 SODIMM: The Complete Guide

The release is datelined “Fountain Valley, CA – March 1, 2022” and announces Impact DDR5 SODIMMs at 4800MT/s, CL38 and 1.1V, in Intel XMP 3.0 Certified kits up to 64GB 1. The current page titles the line “8GB-64GB/6400MT/s” and lists 4800, 5600, 6000 and 6400MT/s, CL38 and CL40, at 1.1V or 1.35V 2. Neither source says when the faster grades, the CL40 latency or the 1.35V voltage were added 12.

The release lists the speed claim among the features: “50% faster than DDR4 for a boost in gaming, rendering, and multitasking” 1. Its quoted spokesperson is Kristy Ernt, DRAM business manager at Kingston, who says: “Gamers and content creators can now experience the power of DDR5 on both desktops and laptops” 1. The release does not say what DDR4 module or speed the 50% is measured against 1.

The current page says “Kingston FURY™ Impact DDR5 SODIMM brings cutting-edge memory to notebooks and small form factor PCs” 2. Its comparison table lists the module as a black PCB with a black heat spreader, 30mm tall 2. The launch release lists dimensions of 69.6mm x 30mm 1. Neither source describes any RGB lighting for Impact, or a control application for it 12.

The page does not pair each speed with a voltage or latency, so which grade runs at 1.35V or CL40 is not stated there 2.

The launch release and the current product page both describe on-die ECC and module specifications, and neither names which company makes the DRAM dies 12.

The launch release names Intel XMP 3.0 and Plug N Play, which it says runs the memory “up to the speed allowed by the manufacturer’s system BIOS” 1. The release never mentions EXPO or AMD 1. The current page’s comparison table has a row labelled “AMD EXPO™ Certified” and the entry for Impact reads No, while the row labelled “Intel XMP Certified and/or Intel XMP Ready” and the Plug N Play row read Yes 2. This page reports that the line is not listed as EXPO-certified; it does not say the memory will not run on AMD laptops, which neither source addresses 12.

Both sources describe specifications without a price or a recommended price 12.

The 50% figure has no stated baseline in the release 1, and this page ran no benchmarks. The release calls the warranty limited lifetime, and the comparison table reads “Lifetime”; the terms are in Kingston’s warranty statement, which lists Kingston FURY among covered products 123.

The launch release presents Impact as DDR5 for laptops and small-form-factor machines, saying it is “50% faster than DDR4” 1. The current page’s comparison table has six columns, and Impact is the only SODIMM one; it lists no quad- or octal-channel kits, while the Renegade Pro column does 2. No source checked for this page names a successor 12.

Both documents make the same promise in the same words: the release says the module “automatically overclocks to the highest listed speed” 1 and the product page says its modules “automatically overclock to the highest listed speed” 2. In 2022 the only listed speed was 4800MT/s 1; today the list runs to 6400MT/s 2. The page’s own metadata description, though, reads “Kingston FURY Impact DDR5 auto-overclocks to 5600MT/s with Plug N Play and XMP 3.0 profiles for peak gaming performance” 2. That is not a changed claim, because the body text points to the highest listed speed, but it is a mismatch inside one current page, probably a leftover from an earlier speed list; no source says so, and Kingston dates none of the speed additions 12.