System migration to new case

WillS · January 9, 2014

Hi everybody, I currently have these two aging rigs :

Rig A:

Case: Chieftec Aegis CH-05 ATX

MOBO: Asus P6T DeLuxe V2 DDR3 i7 (socket 1366)

PSU: OCZ GX 650W

CPU: Intel Core i7 – 920 @ 3.2ghz

COOLER: Scythe Mugen 2B

SSD: Intel 510 120GB

HDD: Samsung 1TB SATA

MEM: Corsair 6GB DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 CL9

DVD: Samsung Double Layer DVD-writer

GPU: Sapphire ATI HD4870 1GB PCIe

Rig B:

Case: Coolermaster HAF932

MOBO: ASrock 870 Extreme 3 (socket AM3)

PSU: Corsair TX 850W

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055t @ 3.4ghz

COOLER: Scythe Mugen 2B

HDD: Samsung 500GB 3.5"

MEM: Kingston 16GB DDR3 1600MHz CL9 (quad-channel kit)

DVD: Samsung Double Layer DVD-writer

GPU: 2x Gigabyte 260gtx 216 SO

Because the Chieftec case is in a pretty bad state and the HAF 932 is pretty cumbersome to bring along to a LAN, I wanted to change to a Bitfenix Prodigy-M and put one these rigs in the HAF 932.

Since the Prodigy-M is a m-ATX case, I need a new motherboard. The problem is however that it is pretty hard to find a m-ATX motherboard that supports SLI for either AM3 or 1366 sockets. So I probably will need to resort to a used specimen from fleebay.

Is the Prodigy-M worth the scavenge hunt or is it better to go with a different more portable case that supports full size ATX.

Update 15-1-2014:

RIG A will move into the HAF, and RIG B will move to a white Bitfenix Prodigy-M because I was able to obtain a MSI 890GXM-G65 the only AM3 m-ATX board that is SLI capable ( with hyperSLI hack btw) afaik.

The Corsair TX850 will have some cables removed and shortened so cable management is less of an issue.

brownninja97 · January 9, 2014

The prodigy is good as a itx case but not as a matx case, as for an atx case which is quite easy to get around the coolermaster scout 2 and the n400 are great.(n400 is lighter but the scout has handles).