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The Bitfenix Prodigy Mini ITX is a great choice for a living room or bedroom environment. Even though the chassis is tiny, thanks to the clever design very few compromises have been made.
Crucially, the company have managed to accommodate full-sized ATX power supplies which makes component selection much simpler. It can also support large graphics cards for gaming duties.
On top of that this chassis has serious cooling potential with additional space for 5 x 3.25″ drives and up to 9 x 2.5″ drives. This will accommodate a huge audience of enthusiast user interested in building a capable system.
BitFenix have managed to accommodate positions for two 120mm fans alongside a single 140mm and 230mm fan. This is certainly an impressive achievement in a case this size, although it is a shame Bitfenix didn't bundle a 230mm fan with the Prodigy.
The acoustical performance of this chassis is decent, however it could easily be improved by upgrading to 140mm fans, especially if you spend a little extra for BeQuiet! low noise models. As such, you could build a fairly quiet air-cooled system, perfect for everyday use or as a media center.
If you wanted to go opt for watercooling, then the Prodigy offers support.
This impressive chassis retails for just £59.99 at OCUK which is amazing value for money.
Pros
- Impressive air cooling solution.
- Fits up to 240mm radiator for watercooling.
- Space for up to 9×2.5″ drives.
- Superb build quality and design.
- Impressive value for money.
- 2x USB 3.0 ports.
- Flexibility to remove HDD cage etc.
Cons
- PSU was slightly cramped.
Kitguru says: A fantastic design at a very competitive price point.
The white looks much nicer than the black IMO. good review, I like this case. would need a new motherboard however.
Very stylish little case and I think people need to give Bitfenix some credit. when they first came out, their cases were badly flawed and since then they have adapted to fix problems based around user feedback. anti fingerprint material,. better build quality etc.
This is an excellent little media case, i love the looks.
Waiting for availability to buy one of these, cant wait. white rocks
No one else see the similarities between these and the old coloured G4 business macintosh cases? almost identical, just reduced in size!
The Prodigy should be an example of what not to do with an ITX board. I’ve seen fully featured M-ATX chassis smaller than this behemoth. BitFenix, try again.
I have a question. The 230mm Fan in the front; is it possible to have both, the 230mm AND the 5.25in optical drive in this case? Maybe I did not read it in the review, but that sparked my interest for this case.
well ive seen one and tink its a piece of trash too big bad plastic , not so good ventilation and cmon miniitx??? 1 pcix for graphics , im i suposed to buy a motherboard for what 100$ and then have only 1 pcie16 sure .. forget all the rest sound card sli and so on
i bought one today. the guy in the shop opened up the package to show me it, and it was damaged. the top plastic bits had come loose from the main chassis. i bought it from him discounted.. now ive spent a while assembling my NAS box into it. its one of the nicest cases ive used (and there have been a few). and i didnt get cut at all. it is very high standard & well engineered, just couldve made the top & bottom plastics slightly less flexable. Also this being ITX, god knows what sort of PSU you’ll fit in here + power up 8 drives…