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Kingwin Cooling Line Up for 2007 Manufacturer:
Kingwin By Dean Barker (4/12/2007)
Introduction The people at Kingwin have been doing their share of research and development over the winter months. Now its time to see some of the fruits of their labors. Today we have four of their newest coolers on the review bench in a Kingwin roundup of sorts. From here, we can get a snapshot of what type of design and manufacturing trends Kingwin is moving towards and what it has brought us so far. Thanks go to Kingwin for giving us an opportunity to look over some of their newest coolers. On deck today are Kingwin's KA-9225, KA-9226ACU, KA-9227 and KA-9228 coolers. All four designs clearly have the same design concept behind each with a heavy leaning on a copper base and quad heatpipe construction reference point. The ultimate fin configuration and construction materials of those fins, is the central difference between these coolers. Another item each of these coolers share is that they designed to fit all current Intel and AMD processors (LGA775 & K8) by means of a fairly simple universal mounting kit. Enough with the broad strokes and whistle wetting, let's have a closer look at each cooler and how well they perform. First up is the Kingwin KA-9225. Kingwin KA-9225 Cooler (Street Price: $28) Specifications
The included LGA775 and K8 mounting hardware is the same in all four models so we are only going to touch on it once here. The hardware is very intuitive and easy to utilize with the exception that the motherboard will need to be removed. This is a far from uncommon practice in heatsink installation especially for the more robust of coolers. Surprisingly, there were no installation instructions included in the kit. These weren't exactly necessary but inclusion would have been nice. |
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