Bitfenix Prodigy aiflow advice (with picture)

[Alex Sinov]

you dont have a heat sink mounted right in front of those intake... and the HDD allow a gap large enough for air to move though.
If you were going to add a radiator up front, then you would need 120x2 fans to support the radiator.

One could make the argument that because that front fan has to "battle" the stream of hot air coming from the top of the case (created by two high SP fans), the resistance of the case front panel (mesh or grills) and maybe a dust filter, it't just like having a radiator in front or back. A big object that somehow has to have air pushed through.

Personally I like top fans to be exhaust as heat naturally will rise top the top of the case. So having intakes lower, and exhaust higher works well (In my experience).

Although natural air convection is not a valid assumption in cases (and in particular small cases), as long as the premise of a continuous stream of air flowing through the case can be created, everything works out.

I'll post a new image soon, with the updated airflow scheme.

 

[birthdaymonkey]

I think this is getting overcomplicated. As has been mentioned, the Prodigy is built like a sieve. Just try it out with the stock fans, and I'm sure your performance will be more than adequate. Change the radiator mounting around and see if it makes much difference.

Just don't waste money on high performance fans (unless you have money to burn and are just doing it in the name of science). It's not going to make much difference. Your OC is much more likely to be limited by the chip/board/IHS interface. Case airflow in the Prodigy just isn't going to be a factor.

 

[Alex Sinov]

Hey, you can't blame one for trying to make the best possible decision.

But in any case ^_^, you may be right.