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[Official] Bitfenix Prodigy & Phenom Owner's Club

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I see how popular this case is getting, so I decided to make a club. I plan on buying mine later on, but I wont add myself until then
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243BitFenix Prodigy Owner's Club243
The most flexible Mini-ITX case ever

How to enter
just post with the following
ADD ME (bold included, so I do not have to worry about missing one)
Picture of your case/build (this rule will be suspended for preorders, since it isn't out yet)
Color (if preordered, or painted)
In code spoilders: your OCN name with your profile linked and (optional) the name of your build with your build log linked
Example
ADD ME!
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Code:

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[URL=http://www.overclock.net/u/241812/phillyd]phillyd[/URL] - [URL=http://www.overclock.net/t/1266808]SwitchBox[/URL]
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Specs
Materials:Steel, Plastic
Colors (Int/Ext): Black/Black, White/White
Dimensions (WxHxD):250 x 404 x 359mm
Internal Dimensions (WxHxD):250 x 310 x 340 = 26.35 liters
Motherboard Sizes:Mini-ITX
5.25" Drive Bays:1 (removable)
3.5" Drive Bays:5 (3 + 2 modular)
2.5" Drive Bays:9 (5 + 2 + 1 +1 )
Cooling Front:120mm x 2 (120mm x 1included) or 140/180/200/230mm x 1(optional)
Cooling Rear:120mm x 1 (included) or 140mm x 1(optional)
Cooling Top:120mm x 2 (optional)
PCI Slots:2
I/O:USB 3.0 x 2, HD Audio
Power Supply:pS2 ATX (bottom, multi direction)
Extras:FyberFlex™ Composite handles, SofTouch™ surface treatment, filtered intakes, tool-free drive locking

Powersupply fitting guide:
It's been brought to my attention that it is a tedious process to figure out if your PSU, will fit in this case.
So, here is a quickie field guide on ATX psu specification.
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Originally Posted by WikiPedia Article on ATX/EPS Power Supply Standards
Physical characteristics
ATX power supplies generally have the dimensions of 6 × 3.4 × 5.5 (inches) and in metric 150 mm × 86 mm × 140/180/200 mm and share a common mounting layout of four screws arranged on the back side of the unit.
So, the back of the unit (where the IEC connector attaches too) should be 6 inches by 3.4 inches, within a tolerance (a tolerance is a deviation off of a standardized dimension that will still allow universal function, but not conform exactly to spec)

The third dimension is the problem with the case, as the PSU cage is only 160mm deep, or 6.23 inches for you imperial folks.

The way dimensions are displayed changes depending on the author of whatever content you are looking at, so, lets take YumYums's PSU that was asked about, the OCZ ZX 850. (note that it is linked if you wish to follow along.

First dimension we can note under details is: 3.39 inches, which is rather close to 3.4, so within tolerance. The next is 5.91 which, again, really close to 6 inches, so the last measurement must be the depth, which is 6.89 inches, which is over 6.23 inches by a small margin. Yums could probably fit this PSU in his case, but remember, the depth does not account for the space needed for fitting wires into the case as well. I personally account 15mm for wires in my cases, but your mileage may vary.

I hope this helps people, and also, if you are unsure, feel free to ask. It is better to ask any annoying question, than spend more money than you need to.
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Bitfenix Prodigy Web Page
http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/chassis/prodigy

Reviews
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Owner's List
Feel free to show us progress and share your build log in-post whenever you make progress
Black
Harshboy
Subcutaneous
longroadtrip - Yin & Yang
explodingorca - Prodigy Extreme
zzzz
Kokin - Kurisu
SortOfGrim
borandi
mwayne5
albear01
digitalm3
CreeperK1d
Semiregular - The Voyager
Duhstin
TheV - Chubby
nerdalertdk
MightyMission
CattleCorn - Cattleprod
Gunderman456 - Pleasure & Angst
a51alias
Paul McC
K4RIMIN4L
Qrchak
ayen46
Jaacckk
MrKay
BuToNz
GrimNights
Venlaw
Ferling
Bratman
phillyd - Pride and Prodigy
BKinn
CSCoder4ever
madrex26
Dmanstasiu - Feed the Dada
fjordiales
handmadeandroid
G18 x UK
Iceco
audioholic
omrheadshoto
xNovax
RandomHer0
barebackbadger
Pestilaence
sivoloc
Neo_182-Quorra Bloodscream
zephead99
Lazy Dog
Chinksicle
ElectroDani - Project Steellow
Tribalnius - SD-HTPC-01
Anoxy - Beemo
Plankton4906
KoolKoney
urbanfreestyle
esberelia
Trilas
nostrata
funnybutrandom
Mechanisation
Emissary of Pain
boy005
infernoRS
TheBigE
theDARKW0LF
mshaddix
AntiStupid
Wera
Dr Slaughter
ensteinfrank
PCSarge
huzzLEE
HavocInferno
Assyle
Homeronte
xr1st1anos
Drifbau5
Latezen
JebusChytrus
plankersz
Daggi
tasdefleja
Seban
Aquillian
vieuxchnock - prodigy-g1-killer
mistermenphis22
vtecless
underdog1799
sascha1102
Equil0x

White
randomnerd865
Dilyn
seg//fault - Build Log
benstark
N10248
longroadtrip - Yin & Yang
SecretLibrarian
Father Fuzzy
vAro
johnnyw
Zerosleep
motokill36
SherwoodForest
jackofhearts495 - Not Quite White
fireisdangerous
Zero383 - Liquid Prodigy
Lizard-Brain - Chinook
SalisburySteak
snackman
kebab
rlstoppler
radarjam - Snow Radar
mcdogi - my bitfenix prodigy build
ElevenEleven
darkwarr
RidicUlust
itsamemario666
Vowels
bdenpaka
Nizzzlle
Alfaa
Sassanou
PanicHunter
tokbachok
XxSkulTorzXx
Tacdise
saber101
EpicPie
adamski07 - MATX, SLI, Watercooled and more!
golfergolfer - Not "Just" Another Prodigy Mod
bobbavet - The "Silent but Deadly" Prodigy
dizzledon
Soulbrandt
MrMacheesemo
SonofJor-El - Fortress of Solitude
blazed_1
Fateman
Sixt
C A M C
basumba01
Yakikuze
Chicklet - Hello Kitty Prodigy
Dmz96 - Aura's Blaze
gogosto
renrenderla
ArtX38 - Prodigy Mirror
chrislegend - Frost
euf0ria
usop8290
jerson25
rocktim
RyReZar
majaboll
babis
saxovtsmike
sivoloc
kyle1970 - Dashie
kimbernator
xxlawman87zz
Jakestax
AusH20BF
cr4p
ChloesDad
gogosto
JaYJoe84
kevin25
ICJI
Beno619
saxovtsmike
bobsaget
adriangb
DrWit
Thedankcrow
timerwin63
Drerex
cdnGhost
bclk
JayKthnx
ccRicers
kamikazemonkey
dudeyouresocool
M4ng03z - Blue Jay
Rakuun

Red
kabeza
MrSharkington
Gup133
kylelols

Orange
Scorpion49
TeamBlue
w3rw01f
LaughterJones
Skrumpi
g00gle88
Crabdude
ejic
SirClx

Green
Sasquatchiii
TommyMoore
MikeTheTiger
doubleyouare
http://www.overclock.net/u/396440/epicsniperz23[/URL] - http://www.overclock.net/t/1471845/build-log-orion-mk-1-green-bitfenix-prodigy[/URL]

Modded (color only)
CharleyBwoy (orange) - Clementine
Michalius (black and baby blue)
SniperTeamTango - Project Michelle (UltraViolet Purple)
CTrak - Mrs. T's Prodigy - (Tiffany Blue)

Take the Sig!

Code:

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[URL=http://www.overclock.net/t/1279693/bitfenix-prodigy-owners-club][I]BitFenix[/I] [B]Prodigy[/B] [I]Owner's Club[/I][/URL]
http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1149263/BitFenix Prodigy Owner's Club http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1149264/
 
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#2 ·
Compatibility
Cooling
Air Coolers
A few air coolers have backplates that interfere with items on common ITX motherboards.
The Hyper 212+ and Evo have issues with motherboards including the Asus P8z77-I Deluxe. [A full analysis is needed]
Most air coolers 160mm or under can fit with a single set of fans in the top of the case. Taller coolers may fit without top fans and some clever installation techniques. [Full write-up is needed]

Radiators
To find out which radiators can fit in the case, It is best to watch the videos above. but among them are:
  • 120mm
  • 140mm
  • 180mm
  • 200mm
  • 230mm
  • 240mm
[A more detailed write up is needed]

Water Blocks
The only known issues with water blocks are the backplates on the Apogee Drive II and the Apogee HD are too big and cause the motherboard to be raised above the standoffs. A bigger cutout on the motherboard tray can fix this as well as some clever use of spacers.

Internal Components
Power Supplies
The PSU box is 180mm long. The max recommended length is 160mm due to the need to route the cables out, though some was around this include using motherboard spacers or longer screws to allow 180mm power supplies and their cables to fit.

Video Cards
The longest GPU's on the market can fit in this case, including the 6990, 590 and 690. However, only dual slot cards are supported. Thus triple slot cards such as the higher-end Asus DCUII Top cards are not compatible.

Motherboards
There are no known issues with any Mini-ITX motherboards.

RAM
Be sure any tall heatsinks on your RAM (such as Corsair Vengeance and Dominator, and Kingston Hyper TX1) are compatible with your CPU cooler.
 
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#4 ·
Put me in coach, mine's on BO for now, but I plan on doing a portable (wait for this one) Intel based rig that games well enough that its more viable than a laptop inside one of these, (as well as for obvious Epeen.)
BitFenix Prodigy Hall Of Fame

(Someone making a banner, would be amazing!)

The Rules are simple, just like in the Lanboy Air Hall of Fame you need 3 nominations to get in. Your OCN tag and one picture will be posted below signifying your place among the best of the BP Modders. However this time I request that you give a reason why a build be added to the hall, and obviously, no self nominations. This isn't to make votes more or less credible/justified, but to reduce the number of spam nominations and to keep the integrity of the system intact. (As we all can see the number of people that own this case is massive.)

So get nominating!
Winners:

Adamski07


Nominations:

Motokill: 1
 
#6 ·
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Originally Posted by Harshboy View Post

Add me
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Had this case for about a little over a week now and its been amazing. Surprisingly easy to assemble even with the small size.
...you have to assemble it? (Please say yes.)
 
#7 ·
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Originally Posted by SniperTeamTango View Post

...you have to assemble it? (Please say yes.)
I meant assembling the entire PC, not the case haha. I've never built a "SFF" build before and its my first time using an ITX motherboard so I didn't know what to expect coming from a Corsair 600t but even given the relatively small size of this case putting everything together was easier than I thought it would be.
 
#8 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by Harshboy View Post

Quote:
Originally Posted by SniperTeamTango View Post

...you have to assemble it? (Please say yes.)
I meant assembling the entire PC, not the case haha. I've never built a "SFF" build before and its my first time using an ITX motherboard so I didn't know what to expect coming from a Corsair 600t but even given the relatively small size of this case putting everything together was easier than I thought it would be.
I'm glad it was fun, the only reason I'm doing this is mITX that will work with all my other spare parts (9500GT, ATX psu)
 
#9 ·
neither of you told me what color, if you have a build log for your Prodigy build i will put it under your name in the list
 
#10 ·
I'm going black, start shooting name ideas (Keep with the theme of the other 4 rigs) and I'll make a build log right now.
 
#12 ·
D.A.V.I.D

mine is Prodigious & Portable
but I'm considering Pride & Prodigy
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#13 ·
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Originally Posted by phillyd View Post

D.A.V.I.D

mine is Prodigious & Portable
but I'm considering Pride & Prodigy
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Pride & Prodigy sounds good.

Fair warning: I'm gonna cad a freaking ton of window sketches once I get my hands on one. (Like window mount styles and everything)
 
#15 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by caffeinescandal View Post

Man this case looks sexy. Tempting me to go out and build a mini-itx htpc.

Off topic, anyone know a case that looks like this (other than the mac pro) that will fit atx/micro-atx?
Not off the top of my head no, but certainly there's an mATX filter on newegg, that's how I came across this.
 
#16 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by SniperTeamTango View Post

Pride & Prodigy sounds good.

Fair warning: I'm gonna cad a freaking ton of window sketches once I get my hands on one. (Like window mount styles and everything)
I plan on doing a right panel window, show off the corsair vengeance low profile white RAM im putting in this build
Quote:
Originally Posted by caffeinescandal View Post

Man this case looks sexy. Tempting me to go out and build a mini-itx htpc.

Off topic, anyone know a case that looks like this (other than the mac pro) that will fit atx/micro-atx?
this case inspired me to plan a LAN/HTPC build.
I would love a micro ATX version, but there are none that i know of
why would you need matx? or is it just preference
 
#18 ·
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Originally Posted by randomnerd865 View Post

ADD ME Mine is on preorder from new egg and if it aint white it aint right
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Im not racist white cases are just sexy!
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Build is ready as soon as the case gets here.
lol added
thanks for using proper format
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also i love the white, but ive only owned one good case and it was white, wanna try black.
 
#20 ·
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my cart for my build, still considering all parts
gonna be a while tho
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Originally Posted by caffeinescandal View Post

Just because I have a spare micro ATX board.
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oh i see
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#21 ·
Care to weigh in on this thread?

Mine's much simpler:
9500GT I have spare.
Any spare psu I can find.
500GB HDD I have spare.
8gb Vengeance Black.
1155 CPU from that thread.

Calling it there, no need for SSD. The whole point of the rig is light weight gaming (single screen) and my GSM work on the minecraft server, maybe some school tasks. Nothing fancy, that's what legion and cheshire are for.
 
#22 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by SniperTeamTango View Post

Care to weigh in on this thread?

Mine's much simpler:
9500GT I have spare.
Any spare psu I can find.
500GB HDD I have spare.
8gb Vengeance Black.
1155 CPU from that thread.

Calling it there, no need for SSD. The whole point of the rig is light weight gaming (single screen) and my GSM work on the minecraft server, maybe some school tasks. Nothing fancy, that's what legion and cheshire are for.
since the case is so portable and durable, i wanted to avoid mechanical drives
 
#23 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by phillyd View Post

Quote:
Originally Posted by SniperTeamTango View Post

Care to weigh in on this thread?

Mine's much simpler:
9500GT I have spare.
Any spare psu I can find.
500GB HDD I have spare.
8gb Vengeance Black.
1155 CPU from that thread.

Calling it there, no need for SSD. The whole point of the rig is light weight gaming (single screen) and my GSM work on the minecraft server, maybe some school tasks. Nothing fancy, that's what legion and cheshire are for.
since the case is so portable and durable, i wanted to avoid mechanical drives
For me its, this case is so cheap, lets build a rig to use all the spare parts. The drive is an IDE drive that I'll be using an adapter for.
 
#24 ·
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Originally Posted by SniperTeamTango View Post

For me its, this case is so cheap, lets build a rig to use all the spare parts. The drive is an IDE drive that I'll be using an adapter for.
I'm hoping the term cheap involves the impact on the wallet and not the other one that I'm thinking of..
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#25 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by xbournex View Post

Quote:
Originally Posted by SniperTeamTango View Post

For me its, this case is so cheap, lets build a rig to use all the spare parts. The drive is an IDE drive that I'll be using an adapter for.
I'm hoping the term cheap involves the impact on the wallet and not the other one that I'm thinking of..
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I'm sure you have seen the Time To Live Customs review, there is no way anyone thinks this case is cheap after that.
 
#26 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by xbournex View Post

Quote:
Originally Posted by SniperTeamTango View Post

For me its, this case is so cheap, lets build a rig to use all the spare parts. The drive is an IDE drive that I'll be using an adapter for.
I'm hoping the term cheap involves the impact on the wallet and not the other one that I'm thinking of..
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Go to Project Cheshire mate, I don't do cheap case like that, period.
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But seriously, I've got a set of spectre pros, and a recon, I trust your build quality as it is
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Edit: This whole rig will cost me <300 bucks.
 
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