The prodigy M combines the mATX interior of the Phenom M with the portability of the original Prodigy. Doing so is no easy task as gamers would want to take advantage of all the interior features for multi-GPU setups, liquid cooling, or an external drive bay.

Cool color choices; Can hold fully sized ATX PSU; Portable thanks to the grips; 240 mm radiator support (even possibly for two 240 mm radiators!; Plenty of space for large tower coolers - up to 175 mm; Long GPUs of up to 310 mm in length will fit; Can hold dual-GPU rigs; mATX support; Two fans...

ODD will block top 3.5" mounting possibility; PSU cable is a very tight fit if your power connector is facing the wrong way; Using the 2.5" drives on the side panel is near-impossible with a windowed side panel; PSU power adapter available for free; but only upon request; Close quarters result in a...

A few months back, I was helping my brother work on the engine of a 32 foot sailboat and one thing that always made me wonder is how they squeeze all of that equipment into such a small space. For certain jobs, you almost needed to have a child's hands.

bought 3 of these for some mobile workstations. I did appreciate all the spots to install SSD's in this system without needing any 3.5" adapters. I went with 2x SSD's in raid-0 which worked well with this system, however the mounting bracket did mean you had to bend the power cables a bit, not...

-looks nice; -generally well designed; -includes lots of screws; -can fit a lot of drives

-handles are a bit worrying; -rear power pass-through cable does not fit; -no space to route cables behind motherboard; -airflow

I am not sure if BitFenix intended for it to be so, but the Prodigy M has deemed the original obsolete. You now have the same small footprint, better cable routing, better cooling options, better drive locations and the ability to install mini ITX and micro ATX into the same case.

Full size GPU's, Drive Options, Lightweight, Cooling options, Heat shield; Quality, Price

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You could say that I have a love hate relationship with the BitFenix Prodigy M, the installation may have been frustrating but the end result almost makes up for all of the cursing and the swearing!

The Prodigy case has been a success since it's release back in 2012.  Over the last 18 months or so BitFenix have continued to refresh the line adding the option of windowed side panels and more colour options than you can shake a paint mixing stick at.