Mini-Itx build in the prodigy.

[Renouf]

All stuff had arrived and I've now built the rig!!!
Specs and pictures below

CPU - i5 3570k at 4.0Ghz
CPU cooler - H60
Mobo - Asrock Z77-E ITX
GPU - XFX 7870 Core edition
RAM - 8Gb patriot black mamba 1600Mhz
SSD - Corsair 120GB
Case - Prodigy
PSU - PC Power & Cooling 500w Modular 80+
plus a white 230mm front intake

Along with
Asus 22in monitor
Cooler Master Quickfire TK keyboard
Edifier 2.1 White speakers

Motherboard in along with H60 backing plate i5 3570k and ram

Better angle, Some wires connected ended up taking mobo back out and running some cables under mobo for better air flow.

Only cables that are now visible are the 24 pin and the 8 pin cpu plug. All other loose cables are tied up behind PSU was also able to get my SSD behind there so that made things a whole lot cleaner.

Mmmm sexy XFX 7870 core edition

All in posted all okay, Time for overclock!

Completed!

 

[Renouf]

nice, any chance of a photo or 2 of the mounting of the H60? Maybe from the top with the top grill removed.

Yes mate, I'll get a few for you now, I'm using the prod in a positive way, Got the bitfenix 230mm in take, Then the h60 with push so cool air coming in, Then the other bitfenix at the top as an intake and the rear 120mm as an exhaust.

The 7870 then pulls air from the side vents and exhausts right out the back, Awesome set up for me, Everything is really cool and running quiet, and to top it off hardly any dust inside the case due to it being positive pressure!

 

[Renouf]

All fans are running super low, all well under 1000rpm, CPU runs at around 23 idle not bad for 4Ghz and a small case

 

[Renouf]

Load temps under Prime?

I'll redo a test now for you as I've added more fans etc!

 

[Renouf]

thanks for posting the pictures, it looks great, can you hear the pump on the H60 or is it silent?

My Prodigy is pentium G840, with a nvidia 460, just running the stock cooler, it more or less a HTPC and steam box for controller enabled games, but it does need a decent cooler, so nice to know that goes in easy.

Although the case is excellent, they missed 1 really easy thing, which is to have multiple mount positions for the drive cages, so you can move them away from the gpu, because there just isn't enough clearance as it is out of the box.

I can tell you that I can't even hear the pump, The fans are loud, So I'll be changing them soon, Yea the hard drive cage could be annoying for some people but everything is stored on my other PC, This is just the gaming one son only SSD's were needed

Nice little compact rig there!

Thanks matey! I want to water cool it next!

Awesome, thank you.

Heard you go mate 45mins of testing

Have no idea why is failed doing core 2