Bitfenix Prodigy - A Review by Cyntrix Technologies


The Prodigy, landed in Bolehland just about as quickly as the rest of the world. Kudos to our Bitfenix distributor. *thumbs up* The box is well padded, about as huge as Silverstone SUGO 02 back in the days. Let's crack this open


Smells fresh...


It's solid, well assembled, no funny defects, no rattling, no factory scratches (even if there was 1-2, it's normal), no dent, no bend.


The handles are made out of solid ABS, rubber coated as seen in most Bitfenix casings, as well as casing such as the Cooler Master Storm Trooper/Stryker


The power button and reset button, as well as the USB ports are located on the right of the casing. For ease of use, you would want to place the casing to your left. To keep cables hidden, you'd place it on your right.


Upon opening the side panel you can see how roomy it is. An ITX board with a full tower cooler, full length GPU, full size PSU, and a 5.25" ODD fits in there.


Removing the drive bay involves pinching the two plastic tabs on the top and bottom of the cage and just simply pulling it out. No tools needed, just your hands.


Top grill is flushed and secured with a plastic tab. To remove the top grill, one would need to push the tab to the opposite direction and either use a cello/masking tape to help lift the cover. If you have sticky fingers, you probably can lift it just fine We couldn't...

The grilled, lifted by pushing it upwards from below. You could see that there is (or are, as you would see in the next picture) a D shaped cut out to the corner of the casing's roof where you can slide your finger in to lift the cover upwards.


The cover removed.


Installing the PSU involved removing the four thumb screws which secures the psu back plate to the casing. Heavy duty cast metal is used here so it does not warp. This system was first seen used in Lian Li casing for as far as we could remember.


For the WC enthusiast, you can fit a 200mm radiator on the front. The radiator that you are looking for is Phobya 200mm To install the 200mm radiator would require you you to completely remove the bottom hdd cage. There's room within the casing to mount your SSDs. Do note that if you opt to use a 200mm radiator here, you may have some issues with full length GPU, if not now, it may be in the future. A 240mm radiator could also be mounted here with both the ODD and HDD bay removed.


The rear accommodates a 120mm/140mm fan. The Corsair H80 would fit without issue.


Removing the screws would allow you to remove the ODD cage which then allow you to install a 240mm rad on the roof/front of the casing.


Corsair H100, XSPC RASA RS240, EX240, would all fit on the roof, the ODD bay must be sacrificed. External DVD drive could be used if you need an ODD.


Here's another view showing the mounting holes for the fans and radiator.

This post has been edited by CyntrixTech: Jun 30 2012, 11:34 AM

The completely tool-less HDD bay #1


The completely tool-less HDD bay #2


The rear view of the PSU cage. PSU cables can be routed upwards or hidden behind the HDD cage. Semi modular PSU is highly recommended for this casing. We speak from experience here 0:)


Power button and USB are soldered onto a black PCB and mounted to the right side panel. The cables are relatively long, hiding them would be challenging, we are up for it!


Cables are all black therefore even if they were not sleeved, you'd hardly see them when routed carefully. If you wish to sleeve them, it's still doable.


A full front shot of the White Prodigy. The white Prodigy comes with a solid front facia with no grills. The Black version comes with perforated front facia (assuming from pictures, we did not open one of verify)


Here's a sizing comparison with the Corsair Vengeance C70 mid tower casing in white.

The C70 is another portable casing made to sustain lots of transportation. Built with full metal chassis and external frame, hard powder-coated in white. Casing accommodates 240mm radiator on the roof, 240mm radiator on the floor 120mm radiator in the rear (if you must). Full size ODD, and three 3.5" hdd can still be installed with all the aforementioned radiators installed. Side window to see through the interior.

The choice is yours. If you want to buy them, you know where to find them!

This post has been edited by CyntrixTech: Jun 30 2012, 11:36 AM

Looks like there are only a few cut out in the casing where you could install rubber grommet. With a semi modular casing, you won't need any of them though

Yes it could. There are more options than that Just stay tuned.

Lian Li will break way before the Prodigy. Prodigy's side panel quality is as thick and heavy as Fractal.

It's not a "tiny" casing but it's just small enough to squeeze in all the goodies of a regular PC. The MATX Aerocool QX2000 is smaller but....


This post has been edited by CyntrixTech: Jul 6 2012, 08:11 PM

Bitfenix Prodigy White - Completed



















This post has been edited by CyntrixTech: Jul 12 2012, 02:19 PM

Bitfenix Shinobi XL - A Quick Review


If you want a RM 499 Full Tower Casing that comes with USB3.0, Window, capability to house 2 x 360mm Radiator INTERNALLY, this is it.


For a limited time, Purchase the Shinobi XL and received a FREE window side panel. - RM 499


The floor of the casing accommodates a 240mm Radiator. The drive cage must be removed.


Stock drive cage houses 7 hdds in total. 200mm fan installed. Phobya 200MM fits here.


To remove the cage, one must remove the screws securing it.


Top of the casing houses another 200mm fan. There's room for another 200MM fan. Extra fan can be purchased as an add on. 360mm Radiator could be installed on the roof. High profile radiators like the XSPC RX360, Alphacool UT60 fits on the roof. Fans must be moved to the top, below the roof grill.


Another 360mm radiator fits in the front. A hole bypass is available in front to allow the 360mm to slide through. Pictured here is the XSPC EX360.


Bitfenix also prepared a bay for those who intend to remove the bottom cage.

This post has been edited by Lacus: Aug 7 2012, 10:49 AM

Bitfenix Colossus!

Any mobo would fit in the Collosus.

If you are talking about the Prodigy then you will need to go with an ITX mobo. Just about any graphic card will fit.

There are only 2 Z77 ITX mobo in the market. Zotac (readily available now) and ASRock (end of the month). The Zotac can do 4.4 GHZ easily with both 3570k and 3770k:



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If you are transferring your current setup to a Prodigy, you just need to change the mobo.

This post has been edited by CyntrixTech: Jul 14 2012, 11:52 PM

RM 269. There's something even more hardcore coming.

Should be coming very very soon Waiting for them to arrive at the distributor.

Pretty much all Corsair TX, HX, and AX 650 fits in there no problem. It's a pain to hide non modular psu cables in this casing. Then again, you can't see anything regardless how pretty you make the Prodigy anyay

Perhaps Seasonic/FSP/CoolerMaster don't fit but Corsair TX/HX/AX fits just fine. It depends on how you route the cable. We can even squeeze in a whole set of Sleeved extension cable into the casing.

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