Quick question for Prodigy owners

Doctor McNinja · 22 Oct 2012 at 16:50

How much clearance is there between the front panel and the HDD cage?

I've tried googling but failed miserably.

Supermellow · 22 Oct 2012 at 17:28

My Spectre pro 230mm fits flush against the HDD cage - I believe it's a 25mm fan.

I will check and get back to you.

There is a small lip on the HDD cage on the one side of the cage- would you like me to snap a pic for you?

Edit :- 30mm

paradigm · 22 Oct 2012 at 17:31

My Spectre 230mm fan (they are 30mm thick btw) is definitely up flush to the hdd cage.

As said by supermellow, there is a pointless lip on the cage which when dremelled off would give you an extra 5-6mm, but that's it.

Supermellow · 22 Oct 2012 at 17:41

You can see the lip clearly on the motherboard side - the same lip is present on the other side which the fan touches.

Doctor McNinja · 22 Oct 2012 at 18:50

Thank you both for the replies. I guess my daydream of having an AP181 in my upcoming Prodigy build is dead in the water... removing the bottom HDD rack isn't an option for me unfortunately.

Supermellow · 22 Oct 2012 at 18:53

I tried one in mine the other day and you just have to make a few cuts on the fan itself - give me 5 minutes and I'll find my picture

Doctor McNinja · 22 Oct 2012 at 19:07

Supermellow said:
I tried one in mine the other day and you just have to make a few cuts on the fan itself - give me 5 minutes and I'll find my picture

I'm going to eat my dinner so there's no rush but I'd really appreciate that, cheers.

Supermellow · 22 Oct 2012 at 19:08

Clearance Issue

Cut out this section

Fits perfect

The best bit is that the speed selector switch was long enough to route through the case with the orientation I had and fix it to the PCI "clamp"

tamzzy · 22 Oct 2012 at 22:39

Supermellow said:
You can see the lip clearly on the motherboard side - the same lip is present on the other side which the fan touches.

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how did you mount your 230mm spectre pro?
the screws i got with mine didnt fit, and the anti vibration mounts were too short :confused:
had to use cable ties in the end lol

Supermellow · 22 Oct 2012 at 23:04

I used he screws supplied with the case, the fan sits flush with the front of the case though so there's no reason for yours not to fit.

Have you fitted it in the same orientation as mine as I could not get it to line up properly if fitted with the flat edges on the top/bottom.

tamzzy · 23 Oct 2012 at 00:27

its in the correct orientation and the holes of the case lines up with the holes of the fan. but the screws dont fit the fan holes lol. the screws seems too big for the holes in the fan. i physically cant screw the screws in =x