Bitfenix Prodigy USB 3.0 Mini-ITX Tower Case $60 + FS

[AustinInDallas]

arctic white
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=71144&manufacture=BitFenix&promoid=1368
black
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=71143&promoid=1280

 

[secretanchitman]

Thanks OP! Honestly haven't bought a case in years but I am seriously loving the look of this case. Hope they wont come out with an updated one soon

 

[AustinInDallas]

i really wish i had a mini-itx board right now

 

[wotan]

Wish this was MicroATX!

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Does this take standard atx (antec earthwise 620) power supplies? need a replacement machine soon and the girl would probably like this.

 

[MontyAC]

Really nice price for this case.

 

[CuriousMike]

I was just researching whether my Antec would fit; my PS is 160mm deep which is the largest it will accommodate; reading up on this case, it seems like a crapshoot if 160 fits with ease or with force.

I didn't see 'earthwise' on antec's site, but earthwatts. The only 620 I found listed was the Eco 620 at 180mm deep, so that would not fit.

 

[QueBert]

I was just researching whether my Antec would fit; my PS is 160mm deep which is the largest it will accommodate; reading up on this case, it seems like a crapshoot if 160 fits with ease or with force.

I didn't see 'earthwise' on antec's site, but earthwatts. The only 620 I found listed was the Eco 620 at 180mm deep, so that would not fit.

I have this case, my PS is I think a hair under 160 (Corsair hx520) and it fit, but it's not exactly a good fit. It's kind of crammed in there, but it wasn't hard to get it in. This is a weird case, it's stupid large for ITX, but it's not big enough to comfortably house things like higher end PSU's without a lot of research.

 

[ClockerXP]

Buyer beware, it is not uncommon for these Prodigys and other Bitfenix cases to ship with USB 3.0 front panel cables that are defective and do not work with USB 2.0 devices. I have one and went through a PITA to get it working.

I have a Corsair HX520 modular PSU I have been using for at least 4-5 years and it fits. It's tight but it fits.

http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/forums/search?term=usb+3.0+front+panel+defective

 

[QueBert]

Buyer beware, it is not uncommon for these Prodigys and other Bitfenix cases to ship with USB 3.0 front panel cables that are defective and do not work with USB 2.0 devices. I have one and went through a PITA to get it working.

I have a Corsair HX520 modular PSU I have been using for at least 4-5 years and it fits. It's tight but it fits.

http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/forums/search?term=usb+3.0+front+panel+defective

It's not exactly a defect, I had the same issue, I forget how I got it working. But there is a process that makes it work normally.

 

[ClockerXP]

Your statement only partially true. Bitfenix admitted the defect in their forums and to me via email.

There were some people having issues with drivers not being loaded correctly or BIOS settings not being right. I tried everything those people did, still with no function of USB2.0 devices. There are many others in the Bitfenix forum with similar experiences. To prove my theory I purchased an aftermarket motherboard header cable on eBay & that fixed the USB problem with no other changes to the system. Bitfenix finally sent me a replacement cable that would work with their PCB after 3 months begging them for one and that one was OK too.

Plugging back in the original cable causes the port to not work correctly with USB2 devices on demand. I suspect some of the pins/leads are either mis-wired or just not connected in the defective cables that are getting to customers..

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Yes I have the ECO 620C NEO. Seems like its 150 deep would this fit?
http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=2246&fid=372