Is the black one better due to the mesh front?
>>45275639
i think the white one is just the white panel on standoffs in front of the mesh??? its not like the mesh is that big of a deal anyways. your airflow should primarily come in from the top with this case.
>>45275639
> no lime
>>45276148
Uh, it actually exists.
>>45276171
i know. you didn't list in in your choices
The white one also comes with a mesh front.
But to answer your question: yes, the mesh front is better since your air intake is severly limited with the other front. That one has only air incoming through a thin mesh around the front (the black outline in your image).
>>45276148
Does the lime one have a mesh front?
>>45275639
Yes, but be prepared to remove a massive circle of dust every other day.
mesh is terrible
I love mesh, especially since I have cats. I can just wipe the hair off with my hand and dust later.
OP here again
Apparently there's an issue with SLI boards and optical drives in the Prodigy?? Because the card placement clashes somehow.
Is this BS or should I be prepared to use a slimeline drive in conjunction with a bay adapter
>>45278531
>optical drive
Welcome to 2014 grandpa, people don't use that shit anymore.
>>45275639
Bitfenix sells loads of spare parts. I ended up buying a mesh front for my white case as although the solid white panel does have ventilation around the edge it's not as easy to clean out and is more restrictive. I also bought a windowed side panel because I didn't need air holes on the side, if you do then Silverstone's magnetic 2x240mm fan filter fits nicely.
>>45280071
What kind of graphics card is this? Looks powerful (two cables going in), but I don't see bloated fans on it.
>>45280261
It's a liquid cooled R9 290, because it has no fans is the reason I didn't require the side vents. Of course if your card is air cooled they will help instead of just relying on airflow from the front fan(s).
>>45278913
currently using one as a home server/media PC. 3x 2TB in Raid 5... so yea, people still use optical
>>45275639
Depends whether or not you're actually going to take advantage of the increased airflow with a fuckhuge fan. If not, you're probably not going to see a difference and would be better off just getting your color preference.
On an unrelated note, does anyone think the Prodigy will go on sale on BF/CM? Building computers for some friends and they both want the Prodigy as a case.
>>45280348
What the fuck does having 3 hard drives of 2TB in size have to do with optical drives that play shit like DVD and CDs?
>>45280382
Just wait until Friday anyway like I am. Worst case scenario, it doesn't go on sale. Best case scenario, you're saving money.
>tfw hoping against hope for an i5 to drop below $160
>>45275639
The black one is louder and better at sports but the white one works harder.
>>45280384
My thoughts exactly lol
>>45280384
>>45280489
lmao, too early, read that as hard drives.
I retract my statement, Optical drives are indeed useless
They both suck and are retardedly oversized for the mITX board they house, not lastly thanks to the enormous handles.
>>45280538
It will never be worse than the NZXT Vulcan I have now.
>>45280538
You can easily remove the handles. Personally I quite like the amount of space in the Prodigy.
>>45280598
Then why didn't you just get a fucking mATX case you dunce?
>>45280612
Because it's still not as big as a regular mATX. It's kind of in the middle. I also like having the mobo mounted flat.
>>45280589
>tfw at one point you dreamt about a gaming build in a riced NZXT Vulcan and even made Photoshop mockups
>tfw luckily you never made it a reality
>>45280612
Maybe he likes the layout of the Prodigy. I mean as far as I can tell, a horizontally mounted motherboard will be much easier to work with in that kind of space that a vertically mounted one. At least that's what my personal experience has taught me.
>>45280631
I had to RMA the fucking thing twice because the case wiring fucking melted, twice. To this day, I have yet to figure out why the case wiring fucking melted. You made a smart choice.
>>45280447
>>45280447
>white one
>works harder
Probably compared to the black one, but still not great
