KLEVV’s been doing a pretty good job with their memory lineups lately, and the new Urbane V RGB continues that trend with a strong focus on clean design and solid performance. We recently got our hands on the 32GB (2x16GB) kit rated for DDR5-6400, so here’s a quick look at how it performs after some hands-on testing.
Design & Build
Right out of the box, the KLEVV Urbane V RGB is impressive. It sports a modern, minimalistic design with a clean aluminum heatspreader finished in a nice matte silver. There’s no over-the-top gaming aesthetics here, which honestly makes it easier to fit into pretty much any type of build.
The RGB lighting is soft and evenly diffused across the light bar, with no overly aggressive brightness. It works with all major motherboard RGB sync software, so matching it with the rest of your system is effortless.
One thing I really like is that even if you decide to turn off the RGB, the Urbane V RGB still looks fantastic. It’s one of those kits that feels premium both lit up and turned off.
Test Setup
Here’s what we used for the test system:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
- Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming X870-PLUS WiFi
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070 SUPER
- PSU: Cooler Master M2000 Platinum
- Storage: Kingston KC3000 2TB
- Cooler: DeepCool LS720 AIO
- OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit (24H2)
We started by enabling EXPO straight from the BIOS for a quick baseline test, but of course, we didn’t stop there.
Simple Tuning Test
On stock EXPO settings at DDR5-6400, the KLEVV Urbane V RGB performed perfectly fine, passing stability tests without any issue. But since AMD still recommends DDR5-6000 as the sweet spot for AM5 and DDR5-6400 if you want to go for a full 1:1 UCLK to MCLK ratio, we decided to put in a bit more effort to tighten the timings.
With some tweaks based on Buildzoid’s recommendations, we got it running stably at:
- CL30-38-38-32
- DRAM VDD: 1.43V
- tRC: 70
- tWR: 48
- tRFC: 560
- tREFI: 50000
- tRTP: 16
- tRRDS/L: 4/8
- tFAW: 20
- tWTRS/L: 4/16
Of course, you could push it a bit further if you really want to, but for daily use and gaming, this balance of speed and stability is more than enough. It can easily do DDR5-7200 on both Intel and AMD platforms, but if you’re not keen on exploring higher memory clocks with this kit, you can just focus on tightening the timings instead.
Final Thoughts
The KLEVV Urbane V RGB is one of those memory kits that strikes a really good balance between aesthetics, stability, and performance. It’s clean, it’s fast enough even out of the box, and it’s easy to tweak if you want to squeeze a bit more out of it.
While it might cost a little more than entry-level DDR5 kits, you’re paying for quality here, from the design to the smooth RGB, to the reasonable overclocking headroom. For the price of RM 609, it’s a reasonable kit for what it has to offer.
If you’re putting together a polished AM5 build and want memory that not only looks good but clocks reasonably well, the Urbane V RGB is definitely worth a closer look.
