M-atx Prodigy unvieled and priced

[Feronix]

Hi everyone,
My first post here on Overclock3D.

I'm about to start a new build for the first time in 5 years and thought that the Bitfenix Prodigy M would be perfect.
That was until I noticed that the board is fitted on the opposite side of the case, meaning that fans expelling air from the top of the case are right next to your Graphics card trying to blow air over it's heatsink.

I don't know much about cooling, but with two fans trying to push air up and out of the case next to two fans trying to push air down and onto the graphics card, isn't this just like a tug-of-war? Both working against each other?

Surely this would cripple cooling completely.

Vin

Honestly if you read this thread you might notice that some of us don't even think this is a very good case at all. Me being one of them, there's way too much compromise.

You'd be better off buying a Corsair 350D or wait for the Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 to come out. (Or just get the Mini-ITX version if you plan to run only one video card anyway).

Edit; Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 is coming soon as well:
http://www.nanoxia-world.com/product/1/57/Deep+Silence+4+

 

[WYP]

Honestly if you read this thread you might notice that some of us don't even think this is a very good case at all. Me being one of them, there's way too much compromise.

You'd be better off buying a Corsair 350D or wait for the Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 to come out. (Or just get the Mini-ITX version if you plan to run only one video card anyway).

i agree, the matx prodigy isn't that great, either go for a mitx system and use a prodigy or go for a different case.

 

[Vin69]

I was about to start a new thread with my thoughts when I spotted this one. I have read through it.

I just thought I'd reiterate my initial thoughts in case I was seeing a problem where there wasn't one.

Maybe the Arc Mini R2 might be a better option. Plainer looking but more of a conventional design.

I also looked at the Silverstone FT03, but thought that the cooling was a bit weird, although probably not with the same problems as the Prodigy M.

Vin

 

[xSachira]

I was about to start a new thread with my thoughts when I spotted this one. I have read through it.

I just thought I'd reiterate my initial thoughts in case I was seeing a problem where there wasn't one.

Maybe the Arc Mini R2 might be a better option. Plainer looking but more of a conventional design.

I also looked at the Silverstone FT03, but thought that the cooling was a bit weird, although probably not with the same problems as the Prodigy M.

Vin

It mostly depends on what motherboard size you plan to go with, for ITX the Prodigy is a beautifully crafted chassis. For mATX the 350D sports an elegant and subtle taste, but you can find great mATX and ITX cases in Cooler Master, SilverStone, and Fractal Design etc. Personally I have been drooling at the Arc Mini R2 case and I am waiting patiently for its release.

 

[Vin69]

I'm definitely going with Micro ATX, but it seems a safer bet to go with a case that has more of a conventional design like the 350D or the Arc Mini rather than these other designs that are clever but you end up mounting your Motherboard in weird and wonderful ways.
Then you wonder where that extra Hard Disk is going to go.

Vin

 

[Feronix]

I'm definitely going with Micro ATX, but it seems a safer bet to go with a case that has more of a conventional design like the 350D or the Arc Mini rather than these other designs that are clever but you end up mounting your Motherboard in weird and wonderful ways.
Then you wonder where that extra Hard Disk is going to go.

Vin

The Arc Mini R2 and 350D are really good cases. The soon-to-be-released Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 might also be worth taking a look at:
http://www.nanoxia-world.com/product/1/57/Deep+Silence+4+