OcUK Titan Prodigy Polar Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅31-10-12
Conclusion

For anyone wanting to build a mid-range gaming system, acquiring quality products and building the system will require a decent wedge of cash and expertise, so how does Titan Prodigy Polar size up?

Well from a visual aspect BitFenix Prodigy Arctic is always going to be a popular choice and choosing it to house a mini-ITX system is a good decision. It looks fantastic and oozes quality. Inside, the system specification is again well chosen. The system is based around Intel’s Ivy Bridge which has been a worthy contender in the mid-high end desktop market. OcUK have taken the Core i5-3570K, combined it with the Corsair H80 and overclocked the chip to 4.20GHz for extra performance boost. It doesn’t end there either; key elements of the system have been given careful consideration too. The graphics card used in Titan Prodigy Polar is the KFA2 GTX 660Ti EX OC 2GB, not only is this custom cooled for more silence and better thermals but this card also has pre-overclock too. A blend of 8GB Corsair Vengeance and SATA 3 HDDs means access/load times are speedy and all are from respectable brands which can be relied upon, all of this great hardware is hosted on ASRock’s popular Z77E-ITX which brings a whole platter of functionality.



All of this hardware translates to solid performance for a range of uses. Regardless of whether the system is used for gaming, web browsing or even media editing Titan Prodigy Polar delivers the kind of results most are seeking.

The only area for improvement we can think of is the cable management which could have been arranged more neatly – although we appreciate the Prodigy chassis isn’t the easiest to work with in terms of cable management options, there are limited places to store cables. Noise wasn't a major issue but the H80 did emit a buzzing noise which is well documented around the web. An alternative may have been better.

Pricing for Titan Prodigy Polar obviously varies depending on the configuration options the consumer goes with. Our system had a different graphics card compared to the default arrangement and also includes Windows 7 Home Premium which isn’t usually included by default. The pricing for the entire system is very fair indeed, buying the components individually would total a price not far from the asking price. Also consider the new 24 month warranty and the boxes are all ticked.

Pros
+ Looks stylish
+ Compact and easy to transport
+ Excellent hardware specifications
+ Very good performance
+ Pre-clocked GPU/CPU
+ Reasonably priced

Cons
- Cable Management
- Could be quieter



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