The storage landscape has just shifted dramatically with Kingston’s latest announcement. The new Kingston FURY Renegade G5 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD has officially landed in Australia, promising performance figures that would have seemed like fantasy just a couple of years ago.
As someone who’s constantly pushing my PC components to their limits with overclocking and hardware testing, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the arrival of PCIe 5.0 storage that could match the capabilities of the latest processors and motherboards. Just for this very reason that my latest PC build is using the GIGABYTE Z790 AERO G that supports these PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs.
The Kingston FURY Renegade G5 appears to be exactly what high-performance enthusiasts have been waiting for.
Unprecedented Speed That Changes the Game
The headline figures are genuinely impressive – sequential speeds reaching up to 14,800MB/s read and 14,000MB/s write. To put that in perspective, that’s nearly twice the performance of the fastest PCIe 4.0 drives currently available. With over 2 million IOPS, the random performance is equally extraordinary, which should translate to noticeably faster system responsiveness in demanding applications.
For my current Intel i7 14700K setup, a drive like this would completely eliminate storage bottlenecks that sometimes appear during heavy video rendering or when loading massive game assets. Those working with 4K or 8K video editing would particularly benefit from these transfer rates when moving large media files around.
Cooling and Efficiency: The Hidden Challenge
What’s particularly interesting about the FURY Renegade G5 is Kingston’s focus on thermal management. PCIe 5.0 drives generate significant heat due to their performance characteristics, but Kingston appears to have addressed this with smart engineering choices.
The Silicon Motion SM2508 controller is built on a 6nm process, which should help manage power consumption despite the tremendous speeds. Combined with low-power DDR4 DRAM cache, this suggests Kingston has prioritised efficiency alongside raw performance – a crucial consideration for sustained workloads.
In my experience testing high-performance components like NVMe SSDs, thermal throttling is often the unseen enemy of consistent performance. It will be interesting to see how the Renegade G5 maintains its speeds during extended gaming sessions or rendering tasks compared to early PCIe 5.0 competitors.
Capacity Options for Every Need
The drive will be available in three capacity options: 1TB, 2TB and 4TB. The 4TB option is particularly compelling for content creators who need both speed and significant storage space for project files – but comes at a more premium price. Gamers might find the sweet spot with the 2TB model, balancing cost with enough capacity for a substantial game library.
Kingston’s five-year warranty also provides peace of mind for what will undoubtedly be a premium component.
Building the Ultimate Performance System
For those looking to create a no-compromise gaming or workstation build, pairing the Kingston FURY Renegade G5 with Kingston’s high-performance memory modules would create a formidable foundation. I’ve previously used Kingston’s DDR5 memory in my latest build, and the synergy between fast memory and storage can have a noticeable impact on system responsiveness.
Looking ahead, these drives will be particularly valuable for users of the latest Intel platforms and upcoming AMD systems that support PCIe 5.0 storage. For existing PCIe 4.0 systems, the benefits would be limited as the interface would become the bottleneck.
The Kingston FURY Renegade G5 represents the cutting edge of consumer storage technology available in Australia right now. For performance enthusiasts willing to invest in the absolute fastest storage, these drives could revolutionise workflow efficiency and gaming experiences alike by virtually eliminating storage waiting times.
For local pricing, Scorptec lists these drives with A$299 for the 1TB model, A$459 for 2TB, and $879 for 4TB. Check out for more info on Kingston website.
