Installing the Big Typhoon

Posted on | April 24, 2006 | No Comments

I know its a bit late but better late than never. Thermaltake has been in the PC cooling business for quite sometime now. They are the makers of the popular Orb cooling fans and Volcano series. I made a decision couple of days ago to get their Big Typhoon for the following reasons: Low noise and Heat pipes. I know some people would suggest Thermalright unfortunately I don’t have enough dough to get their coolers.

This excellent heat sink gave me a surprise when I opened the box to look at it, not only does it live up to its name (Itâ€™s the biggest cooler I have ever encountered on my computing life) but it has a really good design and I think it will do well for my cooling needs.

Here we have an overall picture of the Thermaltake Big Typhoon heat sink. The overall height is 135mm and overall it is 120 x 120mm as the fan is a 12cm size fan. The weight is not that much either as the fins are aluminum.

Let’s take a look at the specification:

Dimension -122 x 122 x 103 mm (Of Heat sink)
Fan Dimension – 120 x 120 x 25 mm
Power Input – 3.6W
Fan RPM – 1300 RPM
Heat pipes – 6 (copper)
Material – Copper Base, 146 Aluminum fins
Weight – 813 g
Noise – 16dba
Compatibility – Intel P4 LGA775, Intel P4 478 Prescott FMB1.5, AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon XP up to 3400+, AMD Sempron up to 3400+

What’s in the Box

In contains the heat sink, instructions and the equipment needed for the installation. There was also a piece of styrophome between the base and the 6 copper heat pipes at the bottom for protection.

Here’s a comparision between the BT and a CD Disk.

The base on the heatsink is not well polish. I was really expecting a mirror like finish.

The installation of this heat sink was easy but if not done properly you may find yourself with a major problem. First off you have to remove the motherboard from the case put the H brackets provided on the back and the put screws through the right holes.

Because of the sheer size of the Big Typhoon, you might encounter some obstruction. In my case, my Sparkle 6600GT and Big Typhoon almost touch each other.