Thermaltake Big Typhoon:
Supplied by: Thermaltake

Thermaltake was absent from my last roundup and many readers suggested I did something about that. I contacted Thermaltake and they were happy to provide their latest and best heatsink for review, the Big Typhoon.

It’s on of their big boys alright; equipped 6 heat pipes and having a 120mm fan for cooling it towers over your motherboard. First impressions were good.

The Big Typhoon is not extremely new, priced very competitive: ~€35 / ~$35

It comes in a stylish retail package:



Specifications :

Compatibility:

AMD: Athlon64/64+ Socket754/940/939

Intel S478 and S775

Fan included: 120x120x25mm (54.4CFM)

Heatsink Dimensions: L122xW122xH103mm
Weight: 813gram

In the Box :

A large collection of mounting gear for the different platforms

A detailed picture manual

A small bag of generic thermal compound

Construction :

The Big Typhoon is colossal, at first sight when you see it installed you might think of a Thermalright XP-120 on steroids. It larger and heavier than any other heatsink I’ve seen yet which has its fan installed to blow air onto the motherboard.



A profile shot reveals that there is quite a bit of room left below the aluminum fins ; allowing the air to escape.



The base is made out of copper and joins the 6 copper heat pipes. Finishing is "ok" but lapping the base might improve performance by a degree or two.



Looking closer at the Big Typhoon with the fan removed the layout of the heat pipes and the aluminum fins does ring a bell. If you were to enlarge the base of the Sonic Tower and then bend the heat pipes into a different shape you basically get:




The 120mm has a custom paint job, sleeved 3-pin cable



This fan was an excellent choice by Thermaltake, more on the next page ->