BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case

[Akagi]

The 'official' thread of the BitFenix Prodigy, the most flexible ITX chassis you are likely to find, with enough space for a full length graphics card and a full custom watercooling loop.

Let us converse about this awesome little case

Original white or black BitFenix Prodigy's:

bitfenix prodigy - arctic white

bitfenix prodigy - midnight black

new yin and yang bitfenix prodigy's:

bitfenix prodigy - yin

bitfenix prodigy - yang

new bitfenix prodigy colours:

bitfenix prodigy - passion red

bitfenix prodigy - magma orange

external links:

bitfenix prodigy official web-page.

review - bittech

review - techradar

review - techpowerup

Review - Vortez (very good pictures of the chassis)

 

[Akagi]

*delete*

 

[Akagi]

This leaves me wondering... is there any way a manufacturer could re-design the layout of a mini-ITX motherboard so that it can hold 4 sticks of RAM and two graphics cards? Hmmmm... tough...

 

[Akagi]

Yeah. It's called mATX....

I still maintain they should have made this an mATX case. I know they say, 'oh it's for LANs', but I kind of think, how many people at Lans might want a video capture card, or a sound card, or a network card on top of their GPU...

kd

lol, well a m-atx isnt an m-itx, i was thinking that maybe you could shove the cpu in a corner and have two pci-e slots and four ram slots all in line with each other...

 

[Akagi]

its when cases like this are released that i really long for an excuse to build a mini itx server... but alas, i do not have the need, nor the funds...

 

[Akagi]

OH. MY. GOD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 690 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £749.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £209.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £159.99
1 x Asrock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £99.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX650 High Performance 650W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CP-9020006-UK) £97.49
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £71.66
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH80) £66.66
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £50.82
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £49.99
Total : £1,971.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).

I dont think you will want to power all that + a gtx690 with a 650w psu xD maybe an 850 or a 1000

 

[Akagi]

650 is fine for it. 850 is fine for sli 690 + the rest

i wouldnt want to run a that with a 650 tho lol... i would be scared xD

 

[Akagi]

Prehaps some manufacturer could redesign the matx board & put the graphic slot on the outside edge.

Assuming that you meant mini itx, Perhaps, but then it wouldn't fit in most mini itx cases... Unless the slot faces inwards and the card is above the motherboard. But even then the country cooler would be an obstruction... They could probably make a board that takes two single slot cards.

 

[Akagi]

They need to make a mATX version of this!

agreed, but my board wont fit soooooooo...

 

[Akagi]

did apple see this product

very nice looks but its very borrowed shall we say

so is there a matx version off this or similar ?

nahh. but some people are hoping that there will be.

 

[Akagi]

I want a bluray player!

I bought one for my pc and I can honestly say that I have only used it once for playing a blu ray

 

[Akagi]

The fans are so small in this case

i have to ask... the sig... why..? xD

 

[Akagi]

there are systems in this case being sold on oc now

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/LP/prodigy_systems.php

 

[Akagi]

back in stock today guys! buy em up! make em go out of stock again xD

 

[Akagi]

Im not surprised! they are so damn cute (for want of a better word) they just look so sleek... Though i do like my comparitively massive tower with its window and its lights ^__^

 

[Akagi]

My effort until I get a modular PSU!!

I've not plugged in the front audio connector simply because I can't be bothered to remove the rear antec kuhler again!

Wow, you must really like the Kuhler 620 I hate them wouldn't touch one with a barge pole... I have to have my computer a long way away from where I sit for that very reason (see sig)

 

[Akagi]

I'm having a nightmare. my crimpers arrived but where slightly twisted, still useable but annoying, so i'm getting a replacement set.

I think I'm just going to put it together with the corsair modular cables I have for the minute until I get all the wires done.

Just so I can post a pic really, as there aren't any white ones in this thread yet.



I'm also not going to bother with a GFX card for now.
And I'm going to go with a lower powered CPU
I was going to use it as my main rig. But now i'm just gonna keep it for web browsing and media, and keep my other rig for gaming.

I might get one of these too.

i would love to have a completely silent PC... Passive CPU cooler, passive graphics card coolers (perhaps not on a gtx480 though ay..? xD) and SSD's...

 

[Akagi]

I have to go out tonight so cant do my build. I did put the Motherboard, SSD, PSU, and Ram in just to see what it looked like.

I have made a custom SSD mount that will hold 2 SSD's so I need to buy another, and i'm set.

gonna fit the CPU tomorrow. still not decided about a cooler yet tho.

A quick pic as it is at the moment . Anyone who's owned an Akasa Eclipse will recognise the obligatory Paxmate

Eventually will have red/whit/blue braided cables

will borrow a camera and get better pics once its finished

wow, i have a feeling that this is going to look amazing when it is 100% really really like the colour scheme you have chosen, even the Akasa sound damping sets it off. Love it!

Thought of modding a side window? In fact, has anyone thought of doing that? I guess you might want to add a flexible PCI-E extender and mount the graphics card elsewhere if you do that, or else you wont have much of a view into the case

Maybe put a window in both sides?

 

[Akagi]

Can these cases fit modern gpu's in them? I've only got a laptop at the mo but going to try and sort a few 2nd hand parts out for a new build. It's been a while, itching to get back into it.

yes they most certainly can! Any single or twin slot GPU will fit in just fine. If you have a ridiculously long card, you may have to take the upper HDD bays out, but most people should do that anyway as not many people have more that 3 drives and it will improve airflow and add the possibility of adding a 240 rad in the front.

 

[Akagi]

Nice, think this case will be nice to use, looks good too.

Thinking a 2nd hand i5 SB with a Asrock z77 mini will be just the ticket.

Yes, you must do that 4.7GHz with 1.35v and a cooler that only cost me £40 keeping it at under 65*C under load... Brilliant little CPU... Be sure to ask the original owner if its a good clocker!