Inside Prodigy there are two 120mm cooling fans placed in traditional airflow spots. One is at the front bringing in cool air whilst the fan at the back of the chassis is extracting air. Positive airflow is always a much more efficient way of cooling a system.

To discover the thermal performance of the Prodigy I will record idle temperatures after 20 minutes from a cold boot. I will then stress the system and temperatures will again be monitored after 30 minutes have elapsed.

For the purpose of accurate analysis the idle and load temperatures for CPU and motherboard will be recorded and the range between idle and load will be calculated to determine how efficient cooling is.

NOTE: Ambient temperature is 20C

System Components



Noise

Although Prodigy is a fairly open chassis (ventilation at front, top, side) the cooling fans present no disturbance during operation. You can hear them if you are nearby but they aren’t disruptive. Combine Prodigy with an SSD, passively cooled system like ours and you have the makings for a quiet system indeed.

If you do want to make Prodigy even quieter there is a Prodigy Foam Silencer Kit available that helps to reduce noise even more.