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post #11 of 15
6/3/12 at 8:43pm
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The PSU is pretty overkill for the build, might I suggest a 650W Seasonic instead?
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=65390
I know it's a bit more expensive, but I stand by Seasonic PSUs. Never had any sort of trouble with them, and I had an X650 overloaded with a 920 and 2x GTX470s for about a year and a half... still runs just fine to this day.
Also: As stated by other people, get some different RAM.
Actually, it looks like the Corsair 850 has a bit cleaner power than the Seasonic 660. Your correct about 850w being more than needed, though.

http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/SEA%20SONIC%20TECHNOLOGY_SS-660KM_ECOS%202140_660W_Report.pdf
http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/CORSAIR_CMPSU-850AX_ECOS%202197_850W_Report.pdf
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post #12 of 15
6/3/12 at 9:10pm
The build looks awesome. I just recently converted to an ITX system myself. It has its pluses and minuses but overall I like it. One thing to keep in mind with the BitFenix Prodigy is PSU clearance. It can support a PSU with a length of about 140mm (5.5") modular and 160mm (6.3") non-modular, according to AnandTech:
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Our testbed power supply is 160mm, but the modular connectors make it impossible to actually fit inside the power supply bay, and I suspect even a non-modular 160mm PSU would be a tight fit at best. As a result I wound up re-using the SFX power supply from the SilverStone FT03 Mini with an adapter plate, and the much smaller power supply made cabling worlds easier. I feel like if anything about the Prodigy is going to hang up end users, this will be it, so buyer beware: if you're planning a build in this case, get a 140mm power supply. Honestly even going the route I did and using an SFX power supply with an adaptor wouldn't be a bad idea.
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So the AX850 being modular and 6.3" long means it will not fit in the Prodigy.
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6/4/12 at 12:25am
According to BitFenix, however, the Prodigy will fit up to 160mm PSU's.

Reason: PSU cable thickness. It has nothing to do with the unit itself.
PSU companies do not have a standard on cables. They can either be bundled all together giving you a thick, unbendable sleeved cable, or flat black wires, or individually sleeved cables.

One thing about reading reviews, is people always consider the reviewer's conclusion. But think about it. mITX is 17.1cm. the PSU "cage" is a bit longer than that. Obviously if you have super thick cables, which Anandtech did have, you will need 3-4cm of space. Thin black cables, you could bend them probably 70-80 degrees or so. That would take 1-2 cm at most.

TLDR: 160 will fit. Some will, some won't.
ie: HX650 - That fits.
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6/4/12 at 12:36am
for PSUs with small black cables, cooler master or nzxt are the ones I ran into.
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6/8/12 at 3:43am
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BitFenix Prodigy Black:
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=71143&vpn=BFC-PRO-300-KKSK-RP&manufacture=BitFenix

Loving that case.
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I would personally get non-SandForce SSDs. The Patriot Wildfire uses 24nm toggle NAND, but you can get newer and probably more reliable SSDs like the Samsung 830 or Plextor M3.

I've been using OCZ's Vetex 3 SSDs (120gb) for a little over a year now. As the owner of 3x120gb I only had a problem with my eldest one. Likely it was due to the firmware conflicting with Intels RST application but that's been fixed in more recent FW releases. The second 2 had absolutely no issues whatsoever. I think the sandforce name has been tarnished by some of it's older implementations ie. Vertex 2 which I would avoid.
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