Kingwin Cooling Line Up for 2007

The convection fins and fan are suspended above the copper base by four heatpipes in a 'shelf' fashion as we've seen with many coolers from other various manufacturers.  With all four heatpipes coming off of one side, it opens up mounting options to some motherboards that may be packed tight with capacitors on one side.  Looking below the works you can see the fan is held in place by two retention clips allowing for easy access and exchange of the 90mm blue LED fan if necessary.

The KA-9227's base is identical to what we've previously seen with the KA-9225 and KA-9226ACU units with the exception that the aluminum convection fins and far are suspended 20mm above the base rather than 25mm as it is with the other two units.  Lapping wise, we find an adequate but not spectacular surface again like we've seen with its siblings.

  

Kingwin's pricing of $27 as listed on NewEgg here adds a lot of attractiveness to this unit.  I'm anxious to see how much bang we get for our buck. 

Kingwin KA-9228 Cooler  (Street Price: $27)

Specifications

• Application: Intel LGA775, AMD K8

• Observed Dimensions: 110 x 110 x 85mm

• Observed Weight: 513 gms

• Construction: Aluminum fins/Copper base

• Fan Size: 90 x 25mm

• Fan Speed: 2500 RPM

• Air Flow: 43.5 CFM

• Fan Noise: 32 dBA

• Single three pin power connector

Our last cooler here is the Kingwin KA-9228.  The 9228 is more of a traditional design when only glanced at.  On closer inspection, you take in how large the unit is.  This in addition to the four copper heatpipes coming off the base on one side conducting heat to the tightly packed aluminum fins of its main body.

  

Kingwin abandons the shelf type design on their KA-9228 choosing to run convection fins from the base, angling up and out to the roughly 100mm square cooling fin square footprint.  The 90mm blue LED fan of the KA-9228 mounted on top of this blows air down through the aluminum fins and on the copper base itself.  There are two schools of thought with blowing air through channeled fins onto a mainboard.  These are that you are blowing WARM air onto the mainboard components.  Personally, I feel the second school of thought of any airflow is better than no airflow over otherwise stagnant hot air hanging about warm components.

The blue LED 90mm fan attaches to the fin assembly via the same retention clips you have already seen.  Simple, effective design is always a plus.

The 5mm thick base is again, as we've seen before.  Nothing special here with an adequate lapping job but certainly not one to write home to mother about.

  

The Kingwin KA-9228 shares the same high potential as the KA-9227 amplified all the more by a $27 price tag as listed on NewEgg here.

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