Posted July 9, 2013 Right now I'm thinking about going with the BitFenix Prodigy but I'm still looking. PC Specs Case: Corsair 760T CPU: i7 4790k @4.0GHz And Cooled By The H100i Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero GPU: EVGA GTX 980 KINGPIN 4GB RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB SSD: 128 Boot Drive HDD: 1TB WD 7200RPM PSU: 750w Corsair RM OS: Windows 8.1 (64bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 Right now I'm thinking about going with the BitFenix Prodigy but I'm still looking. I would say the prodigy is a great choice. If you are not set on mitx you might want to check out some of the Matx boards and cases. Much larger selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 Author I would say the prodigy is a great choice. If you are not set on mitx you might want to check out some of the Matx boards and cases. Much larger selection. I'm building the computer for a friend and their set on Mitx PC Specs Case: Corsair 760T CPU: i7 4790k @4.0GHz And Cooled By The H100i Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero GPU: EVGA GTX 980 KINGPIN 4GB RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB SSD: 128 Boot Drive HDD: 1TB WD 7200RPM PSU: 750w Corsair RM OS: Windows 8.1 (64bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 yer i love the prodigy and considering building one or going Matx and getting a 300D PC: Corsair C70 Arctic, FX 9370, Corsair H80i, Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3, Corsair Vengence 16gb, Palit JetStream GTX 970, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb and Western Digital Blue 1Tb + 500gb, Antec Gamer 520w Peripherals: Logitech G19 and SteelSeries Sensei RAW Toshiba L50-A: i7 4700mq, 8gb, 1TB HDD, GT 740M 2gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 Author yer i love the prodigy and considering building one or going Matx and getting a 300D I'm going to build two computers for this friend one MITX and one MATX the MATX one is going in the 350D PC Specs Case: Corsair 760T CPU: i7 4790k @4.0GHz And Cooled By The H100i Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero GPU: EVGA GTX 980 KINGPIN 4GB RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB SSD: 128 Boot Drive HDD: 1TB WD 7200RPM PSU: 750w Corsair RM OS: Windows 8.1 (64bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 The Bitfenix Prodigy is maybe one of the biggest (if not the biggest) Mini-ITX cases out there. Bitfenix showed a mATX verion of the prodigy at computex (same size as mini-itx version) and some people even modded the case to fit a full-size ATX motherboard in the ITX-Version If you want something small, but still want to fit a decent GPU, then Silverstone Sugo SG05/06 is the way to go. Next step in size (bigger) are Silverstone FT03-Mini, Silverstone SG08 and Coolermaster elite 120/130. Next up is Lian li SG08 and then probaly the Fractal Design Node 304 (already twice the size in volume of the sg05). ------- Maybe the best Mini-ITX case will be the NCASE M1. A Lian-Li manufactured aluminium case, with enough space for a 240mm AIO water cooling solution (like the Swiftech 220 or Corsair H100i), a decent GPU and some other stuff, and all in package only slightly larger than the Sugo SG05 ;) Mini-Desktop: NCASE M1 Build LogMini-Server: M350 Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 Author The Bitfenix Prodigy is maybe one of the biggest (if not the biggest) Mini-ITX cases out there. Bitfenix showed a mATX verion of the prodigy at computex (same size as mini-itx version) and some people even modded the case to fit a full-size ATX motherboard in the ITX-Version If you want something small, but still want to fit a decent GPU, then Silverstone Sugo SG05/06 is the way to go. Next step in size (bigger) are Silverstone FT03-Mini, Silverstone SG08 and Coolermaster elite 120/130. Next up is Lian li SG08 and then probaly the Fractal Design Node 304 (already twice the size in volume of the sg05). ------- Maybe the best Mini-ITX case will be the NCASE M1. A Lian-Li manufactured aluminium case, with enough space for a 240mm AIO water cooling solution (like the Swiftech 220 or Corsair H100i), a decent GPU and some other stuff, and all in package only slightly larger than the Sugo SG05 ;) I like the NCASE M1 a lot but the price being 160-200 is a lot for the computer I'm going to build I'm trying to have the build be less then 700 US PC Specs Case: Corsair 760T CPU: i7 4790k @4.0GHz And Cooled By The H100i Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero GPU: EVGA GTX 980 KINGPIN 4GB RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB SSD: 128 Boot Drive HDD: 1TB WD 7200RPM PSU: 750w Corsair RM OS: Windows 8.1 (64bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 for comparaison sake a sg05 is 12liters, a prodigy closer to 33l... a node 605(full atx) is 27 liters. imo prodigy is too big unless you watercool. Anything I write is just a comment, take is as such, there is no guarantees associated with anything I say. ATX Portable rig (smaller than prodigy(LOL)) : Nmedia 2800 | Gigabyte Z77x-ud3h | Corsair HX1000 | Scythe Big Shuriken | i5 3570K | XFX R9 290 DoubleD | Corsair Vengeance 32GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 Prodigy is the best looking one in my opinion He is the hero this forum deserves but not the one it needs right now.So we'll hunt him because he can take it because he is not our hero he is a silent guardian a watchful protector A Dark Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 I vouch for the Fractal Design Node 304 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 If you're not doing anything too ambitious, you could opt for that Cubitek Cube that Linus used for the Mini ITX Titan build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 if you are doing matx and Mitx, prodigy is silly, IMO if you are going to restrict yourself to the mitx form factor, might as well get a small case, node 304 get's my vote if you have a smaller gpu, or a not too think PSU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 9, 2013 if you are doing matx and Mitx, prodigy is silly, IMO if you are going to restrict yourself to the mitx form factor, might as well get a small case, node 304 get's my vote if you have a smaller gpu, or a not too think PSU. The node 304 looks awesome, but it also on the bigger side. some size comparison: sugo sg05: 222 x 176 x 276 mm = 10,7 l sugo sg08: 222 x 190 x 351mm = 14,8 l ft03-mini: 88.9 x 397 x 235.1mm = 17,6 l Cubitek Mini Cube: 200 x 320 x 300 mm = 19,2 l node 304: 250 x 210 x 374 mm = 19,6 l elite-120: 240 x 207.4 x 401.4mm = 19,9 l pc-q08b: 227x272x345mm = 21,3l prodigy: 250 x 404 x 359 mm = 36,2 l (only inner core: 250 x 310 x 340 mm = 26,3l) compared to some (small) mATX cases: Silverstone Sugo SG09/10: 220x295x354mm = 22,9l Fractal Design Core 1000: 175x355x420mm = 26,1l Silversonte TJ-08E: 210x374x385mm = 30,2l Mini-Desktop: NCASE M1 Build LogMini-Server: M350 Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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