Manufacturer: Thermaltake

Price: $44.39 (Monarch Computer)

Thermaltake is a company dedicated to incorporating quality, creativity, and performance into their products. For years, Thermaltake has been at the front lines of high performance cooling and has built up quite a reputation with enthusiasts and overclockers alike. Throughout the years, Thermaltake has seen countless competitors come and go challenging their position in the performance computing market. Despite some mishaps, Thermaltake has always come up strong. By any measures, the Thermaltake Big Typhoon has been a very sucessful product and has earned its place in countless computer systems. However, no product is perfect; after taking into consideration the many positive and negative responses towards the Big Typhoon, Thermaltake has gone back to the drawing boards and put everything into a smaller package. As a result, the Mini Typhoon was born. The Mini Typhoon truly has quite a lot to live up to; after all, the Big Typhoon has been dubbed by many as one of the best heatsinks available on the market.



Many users of DFI boards, among others, that have bought the Big Typhoon noticed a very large problem when it came to mounting their BT's to their motherboards. The problem was that Thermaltake did not properly support this motherboard, as the included screws were not small enough. Also, they included an illusive backplate which caused problems later on as it is very hard to remove. It seems that Thermaltake's objective with the Mini Typhoon was to make the Big Typhoon much more easier to install and much more compatible.