mATX Prodigy

NoustieChris

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Do you think if we could get enough signatures on a petiton, we could present to BitFenix an idea of how many people actually want this product for awesome designed mATX goodness?
 
Knowing what BitFenix consider to be "Small Form Factor", it'll be about 50L in volume, waste a ton of space, and be big enough to just about get an E-ATX motherboard in, therefore negating the point of the form factor completely.
 
I think the size of the prodigy was good considering what you could get in and the cooling options it has. You can wedge some high end hardware in and keep it running at decent temps.
 
MOOGLEYS said:
I think the size of the prodigy was good considering what you could get in and the cooling options it has. You can wedge some high end hardware in and keep it running at decent temps.
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acme15 said:
The handles are the main reason the prodigy appears so big. You can fit an awful lot into them though. As can be seen here:
Project Unobtainable Build Log - X79 & Crossfire in a white Bitfenix Prodigy - all custom watercooled
TL;DR version with piccies
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The SG08 does high-performance SFF at half the size. Hell, the SG05 will take watercooling and a GTX680 at a third. If you want bigger, the SG03 will do custom watercooling at 22L and with a microATX board. Even the Lian Li V350/351 etc. do what the Prodigy does but smaller and better.

I really don't get the draw with the case. It is NOT Small Form Factor, if I was mod i'd move it all over to Case Central.

If you like the looks then fine, but to try and put it in the same league as the cases above is just wrong.
 
Tute said:
I really don't get the draw with the case. It is NOT Small Form Factor, if I was mod i'd move it all over to Case Central.

If you like the looks then fine, but to try and put it in the same league as the cases above is just wrong.
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+1, theres matx cases already smaller than the mitx prodigy
 
Tute said:
Silverstone Sugo SG01, SG02, SG03, SG04, SG09, SG10, FT03, TJ08, TJ08E.
Lian-Li V350, V351, V352, V353, V354, V355, A01, A03, A04.
NZXT Vulcan.
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But the question is how many of those can take long GPU's and a massive air cooler, like the prodigy can?

FT03, TJ08, TJ08-E, Vulcan.

Anymore?
 
Doomedspeed said:
But the question is how many of those can take long GPU's and a massive air cooler, like the prodigy can?

FT03, TJ08, TJ08-E, Vulcan.

Anymore?
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With respect, you're totally missing the point. If you want a massive cooler then go for a massive case. Plus the majority of those can be watercooled with little to no modding.
 
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Tute said:
With respect, you're totally missing the point. If you want a massive cooler then go for a massive case. Plus the majority of those can be watercooled with little to no modding.
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My apologies, Your point is still valid and i respect your view.

Though i do think that the progidy isn't aimed at the super space saving cases and HTPC's. They could have easily made it smaller (less tall) so it didn't accommodate big air cooler and not as many HDD's, but they didn't..

This Aims it less at HTPC users and more a Small Gaming PC audiences.

On the Watercooling Front; I had a H50 in a V351 (modded), i worked well but could only get a 4.2 Overclock on it with the temps getting out of hand. Switched the Rig into a TJ08-E and got to 4.4 on the same temps. :)

My point: Airflow. :)
 
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