BitFenix Prodigy ITX build

Well sort sorting out what I want to get wet in my case. will a single 240rad be ok for the cpu?

Buzz I am loving that fan controller.. am thinking of copying you now :D
 
There is no hard and fast rule, most seem to go with you want 120 per block being cooled + 120mm extra. Its one of those things though that if you ask 10 people you will get 6 different answers.
 
Nunzio said:
Well sort sorting out what I want to get wet in my case. will a single 240rad be ok for the cpu?

Buzz I am loving that fan controller.. am thinking of copying you now :D
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go for it have you got your trust set up? i will email the link from where i got it from :)

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Nunzio a single 240 rad will be more than enough for the cpu on its own.
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true that!

Nunzio said:
is it worth doing the 7850 as well then

Red Alert said:
There is no hard and fast rule, most seem to go with you want 120 per block being cooled + 120mm extra. Its one of those things though that if you ask 10 people you will get 6 different answers.
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you could always mod the case and mount a 240 in the roof and a 120 on the back but on the outside?

that would be an epic build!

**EDIT** from other thread so you get my trail of thought

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fit one on the back and mod the case :) 240mm top for cpu and 120mm on the rear for gpu?

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My psu comes tuesday and my cpu cooler bro :).

I was thinking of watercooling the system by the way but i duno if i can put a 570 and my cpu on the same 240 rad what you think? im not running any overclocks to be fair im only doing it to make the system nearly unheard.

Im just not sure what i can fit into the case in terms of pumps resavoirds and what fittings i would need.

I was thinking of getting the apogee II block pump combo for the cpu then some kind of gpu full cover block and a small resavoid and a 240 rad this woud all easily be 200 pounds tho O_O not including fittings and other things.
 
Allnamestaken said:
My psu comes tuesday and my cpu cooler bro :).

I was thinking of watercooling the system by the way but i duno if i can put a 570 and my cpu on the same 240 rad what you think? im not running any overclocks to be fair im only doing it to make the system nearly unheard.

Im just not sure what i can fit into the case in terms of pumps resavoirds and what fittings i would need.

I was thinking of getting the apogee II block pump combo for the cpu then some kind of gpu full cover block and a small resavoid and a 240 rad this woud all easily be 200 pounds tho O_O not including fittings and other things.
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a 240 will do a cpu and a gpu, it will drops your temps over stock heatsinks and reduce noise, as for silence it depends on how loud you have your fans, remember you will still have two fans front and top and the rear PLUS you will have pump noise if you WC.

having the pump intergrated to the block is a great way to save on space but i would rather have them seperate, but thats my choise, is the apogee II pwn compatible, it can be noisy!

i found the only way to have a silent WC set up was to have a large 360mm rad with 6 120mm viper fans in push/pull on 600RPM for the CPU and a 140mm rad with two 140mm viper fans @ 600RPM for the GPU, i also had all the fans on a front mounted fan controller and the pump had a controller as well.
 
Yes but unfortunately xD We cannot fit such a large kit into our case xD So we must come up with other plans :D maybe we should help each other here lol..

Outline some of your choices for a kit if you was making some i would probabaly get the 240mm rad first and see where i would place that and atleast a block fo the gpu and cpu then once i can guestimate where those would go i guess i can choose a resavoid n pump. I cant do a bay pump because the 24 would not allow it would it? wait you think a 24 would fit in the front with the drive bay inplace?
 
Allnamestaken said:
Yes but unfortunately xD We cannot fit such a large kit into our case xD So we must come up with other plans :D maybe we should help each other here lol..

Outline some of your choices for a kit if you was making some i would probabaly get the 240mm rad first and see where i would place that and atleast a block fo the gpu and cpu then once i can guestimate where those would go i guess i can choose a resavoid n pump. I cant do a bay pump because the 24 would not allow it would it? wait you think a 24 would fit in the front with the drive bay inplace?
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Remove the 3.5" drive bays and use a Phobya Xtreme 200 radiator in the front of the case.
It has more surface area than a 360 rad and has adapaters for 180mm - 230mm fans supplied with it.
The Phobya will cool a heavily overclocked CPU and the very highest end, overclocked GPU with ease, I'd highly recommend one to anyone.

It's not difficult to mount 3.5" drives elsewhere in the case with the bays gone, I've done it in loads of builds with far less space than this montrosity has to offer.

That leaves you with the 5.25" bay intact if you wanted to use a bayres or keep an optical drive.
 
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Ok this is what i would put in my prodigy IF i was gonna do a full wc loop inc gpu.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EK-CoolStream RAD XTX (240) £64.99
1 x EK Supreme LTX CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £32.99
1 x EK Reservoir Combo DCP 4.0 £24.98
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Sunset Yellow Coolant 1L ** NEW COLOUR FOR 2012 ** £14.99
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £14.98 (29.96)
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 3/8" ID, 5/8" OD, 16/10mm, 2m, Clear £6.49
1 x Mayhems Fine Silver Kill Coil £4.5
1 x EK DCP Mounting Plate Kit with Anti Vibration Mountings £3.49
Total : £194.39 (includes shipping : £10.00).





This pump controller is £31.49 plus shipping from a competitor



This block for a 570 is £62.99 plus shipping from a competitor



This back for a 570 plate is £14.99 plus shipping from a competitor

So thats £303.86 but you need to add some ££ for fittings and carriage so your really looking at £330

As for placements and tubing i would have the 240mm rad on top and remove only the top HDD and ODD cages, as you saw ocuk do pump mounts which are really good and i would just put the pump and res on top of the bottom HDD cage loose, as for tubing that is down to you and the fittings that are available really, but i think it is all do-able :)
 
I CANNOT ****** BELIEVE IT, one of the retention screws on the bracket is ****** threaded!!!!!

replacement coming monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
 
ok this is gonna sound mad but i have the pump mounted with only TWO retention screws! i diagonally screwed two of the nuts and managed to spread the load, on stock cooler i was idling @



and with the H100



and this is 10 mins prime with stock



and 10 mins prime h100



so even with it not fix correctly its still the biz and ...................... its soooooo much quieter than the H80 :)

the fixings will arrive monday :)
 
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