Prodigy M or 350D?

[Skray]

I have to choose between Prodigy Micro ATX and 350D (in My country they have almost same price) and i want good temperatures.

What's your recommendation?

[Unhelpful]

What do you prefer? They are both beast. I would personally go the 350D, but that is because I prefer its look. Which do you prefer, aesthetic-wise?

 

Neither are a bad choice at all

[Liam-McShane]

I think the 350D looks better and is the more conventional design. Get the 350D.

[WoodenMarker]

Neither of them have great airflow. 

Both should be fine for temps unless you're dropping overclocked 4960x's and 290x's into them. 

[FlakeyBanana]

350D btx failed for a reason

[Raj8396]

Silverstone sg09 is a very compact mATX case but if size isn't a priority 350D is great too.

[AndyCapets]

350D all the way.

[Rheinwasser]

Prodigy M looks better imo.

[N3D9ed]

I would personally pick the Prodigy M as I install a 5.25" drive. By doing so ruins the 350D's uniform appearance more so then the Prodigy M hence my vote for the latter.

[WoodenMarker]

350D btx failed for a reason

Failed how so?

[FlakeyBanana]

Failed how so?

Many cooling solutions are gravity fed and when you turned them upside down they didn't function correctly, resulting in your chipset overheating and you know that's bad

[WoodenMarker]

Many cooling solutions are gravity fed and when you turned them upside down they didn't function correctly, resulting in your chipset overheating and you know that's bad

How's it turned upside down?  :huh:

[FlakeyBanana]

How's it turned upside down?  :huh:

people used to take atx motherboards and fit them into btx cases.

[brob]

people used to take atx motherboards and fit them into btx cases.

 

Shouldn't blame the tool for the idiot using it.

 

BTX has not been a marketing success.

[ch900712]

I would go with the 350D the prodigy has literally NO cable management 

[TeeBlack]

350D! gets my vote

[Pukka]

In my mind, the basic trade-off between the Prodigy and the 350D is design, layout, and size. I'm typing fron my phone though, and I don't have any numbers in front of me, so take all this with a grain of salt.

Design, for me, all boils down to traditional versus kinda-wonky. The Prodigy M is obviously on the wonky side, as is demonstrated by the picture above. To cable-manage in that case, you'll probably need to get a bit creative with zip-ties. As someone who likes building things and the challenge that entails, this appeals to me, but eh, your choice. The 350D is definitely easier to put together a system in

Size! You're building an mATX system, so this is naturaly on your mind. The Prodigy Series and the 350D are actually pretty similar in terms of size (I think, don't quote me on that please D:). The reason for this are those handles on the Prodigy. Because of this, the Prodigy is much more cramped than the 350D, internally. Personally, I prefer having the handles, but again, your mileage may vary.

Layout is ultimately what sets the two cases apart from eachother. The handles and sizeof the Prodigy necessitates some pretty imaginative assembly in it, and thermals might suffer slightly. Then again, unless you're planning on overclocking or running an unusually hot GPU (e.g. the 290(x)), I wouldn't imagine that the thermals in either case would be deal-breaking. In terms of ease-of-use, the Corsair 350D probably wins out with it's more spacious interior and traditional layout.

Personally, I vote for the Prodigy M, just because I'm a total sucker for how cool and unusual it is. X3

Hopefully I helped!

<3 Pukka