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The Global WIN King Kong II

Overview: King Kong II

Noise	+
Air flow	+
Dust protection	-

++ is best, -- is worst

Advantages
+ Good price-performance ratio

Disadvantages
- no dust filter

The Design

The "original" King Kong HDD cooler (sold, for example, by 3DfxCOOL under the name hddHO) was based on a simple aluminum heatsink, with three fans, but no face plate. It provided cooling both "by contact" and "by airflow". For a long time, it has been a very popular hard drive cooler.

The new King Kong II has a design that's quite different from the old King Kong - the good news is that it has a real face plate, as you can see on the image. But unfortunately Global WIN also replaced the big black aluminum heatsink that made the King Kong famous by a simple thin metal plate. Thus, the King Kong II cools the hard drive only through the airflow coming from its three fans. The cooling performance is good, but not quite up to the IStorm.

On the King Kong II, the fans not only suck air inside the case, but also dust: unlike all other HDD coolers in this comparison, the it does not have any dust filter.

Conclusion
Well, the King Kong II provides good performance at a low price. But personally, I'd rather go for Global WIN's high end HDD cooler, the IStorm (which provides better performance), or for the Inclose BayCooler II (which has a similar design, but provides better features, and seems more "solid").

Installation
Nothing special to say about the installation - simple and straightforward. Install your HDD inside the King Kong II, and then install the King Kong II inside your PC - that's it.

Here's a larger image showing the entire King Kong: