14 DAY TRIAL // Even though consumer DDR4 memory modules aren't expected to really start selling until summer, quite a few of them made their debut (on paper at least) at the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 edition.
The show has ended, having lasted from January 6 to January 9, but we're still getting caught up on the sheer number of products that saw the light of day there, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Among those products are the two series of DDR4 memory modules and kits from Kingston, which it calls HyperX.
Specifically, they are the HyperX Predator DDR4 and the HyperX Fury DDR4, though this is not exactly the first appearance of the former.
Kingston HyperX Predator DDR4
This line of DDR4 products actually made its first appearance back in August 2014, at PAX Prime, but is still not available for order.
Mostly because DIMMs were never going to rise to prominence until after the first half of 2015, and this hasn't changed.
Raising hype, however, always helps odds of good sales for when a product does finally become available, and that's what Kingston used CES 2015 for.
Kingston's HyperX Predator DDR4 memory operates at 3 GHz frequency and uses a 10-layer, thick PCB (printed circuit board), as well as compound aluminum heatsinks.
The 10 PCB layers are made of copper, at least partially, in order to better dissipate the heat, since the heatspreaders wouldn't be enough otherwise, especially if users manually overclocked the things.
Speaking of performance, the clock is set at 3 GHz but can be pushed further. Timings are of 15-16-16-39-CR2T and the rest of the relevant specs are 64 GB/s read speed, 48 GB/s write performance, and 67 GB/s memory copy speed (measured using AIDA64). Timings were of 15-16-16-39-CR2T during FHD video playback.
The HyperX Fury DDR4
Set at the same clock as the Predator line, the Fury DDR4 memory modules have a smaller heatspreader, no taller than the usual module height, as opposed to the Predator units, which have tall, ridged cooling shells.
They are made for gamers rather than enthusiastic overclockers, but the specifications seem to be the same, physically speaking.
We'll know more once shipments begin, which likely won't happen for a few months, or at least weeks. Same for the prices.
All memory products have black PCBs and heatspreaders. It seems that Kingston isn't all that attached to the standard blue of HyperX products anymore, for better or worse.
