The Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX comes packaged in oversized bright-red and black carton that has a huge scallop cut out of the front of it allowing you to catch a look at the beast of a heatsink.  Thermaltake also is sure to practice good marketing skills given the fact that not one bit of the real estate on the carton goes to waste, since almost every square inch of it is covered either with feature information or glamour shots of the item itself.

This smart use of packaging is carried over even to the side-panels where you will find the entire specifications of the Big Typhoon VX, along with a long list of all of the processors that the heatsink will fit.  The second side-panel is used to provide the prospective buyer with six different views of the Big Typhoon   Some people may think that mentioning how a package is presented is not worthy of a review, the fact is the how a product is presented can make a major difference in whether or not a person will buy the product or not. So we will continue to analyze every item we review in an effort to help the manufacturer get our feedback.

My first impression of the Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX was how overly large the heatsink was, I'm talking not only tall but wide in both directions as well. If you read the specification you saw that this unit tips the scales at 882 grams or 29 ounces which is 1.5 lbs, now that is a large heatsink in anyone book.  One must remember once this unit is mounted to use some care when moving your case  since that amount of weight hanging off of the your processor  socket could be fragile. 

The other thing that really impressed me was 120mm Thermaltake fan with speed-control mounted on top of the heatsink.  I have been using Thermaltake fans in my cases for a number of years and have always have great luck with them and I will expect the same type of serve from this one as well.
 

The fan is held in place by four screw that are place in each corner of the fan and then screwed directly into the the aluminum shroud that surrounds the pair of heatsinks hidden beneath it.  Yes you read that right I said a pair of heatsinks, Thermaltake is smart enough to know that if one does a good job two will do a Fantastic job.  You can also see that Thermaltake uses what might best be called a a sidestep heatpipe setup, with three of the six heatpipes being routed in one direction and the other three going the opposite direction.