OcUK’s Titan Prodigy Polar takes its name from its computer chassis, the much loved BitFenix Prodigy which attained our prestigious Gold award. The white variant of this case is a firm favourite in hardware circles and it’s not hard to understand why – this case oozes style and charisma. The only telling feature which differs from the original Prodigy case from the outside is the optical drive OcUK have used which is an LG Blu-Ray Reader 10x / DVD±RW Drive 16x.



Around the back there are a plethora of available ports to take advantage of, these include:

• PS2 keyboard/mouse
• 2x USB 3.0 ports
• Dual wireless antennas
• Onboard DVI/Display Port/HDMI
• Clear CMOS button
• 2x USB 2.0 ports + 1x eSATA port
• Gigabit LAN
• 2x USB 3.0 ports
• 6-channel audio with optical SPDIF

Additional to these ports our system has the KFA2 GTX 660Ti EX OC 2GB which gives dual HDMI and dual DVI (D+I) ports for display.



Taking the side panels off we can gain insight into the hardware used within Titan Prodigy Polar. On the prominent side we are met immediately by the graphics card KFA2 GTX 660Ti EX OC 2GB – this is KFA’s custom cooled GTX 660Ti which is also pre-overclocked. The Core clock is set to 1006MHz with a boost to 1084MHz with reference cards giving 915MHz and 980MHz boost – a small nudge in speed to gain added FPS.

By now we can also identify the PSU which is situated at the bottom of the case; this is an OCZ ZS 750W. OcUK have used a bigger PSU for this system because of the specification of the card plus the CPU is overclocked – there is also some headroom should the consumer want to alter the configuration.

Storage is also viewable from this side – OcUK have furnished Titan Prodigy Polar with two drives, the operating system drive being an Intel 330 Series 120GB SATA 3 SSD and general storage relies upon a Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 3 mechanical drive. Both are known to offer a great balance between reliability and performance.





At the heart of Titan Prodigy Polar are a number of great products. First of all at the core is an Intel Core i5-3570K (Ivy Bridge) which has a stock speed of 3.40GHz but OcUK have overclocked the CPU to 4.20GHz to help improve performance even further. Cooling this CPU is Corsair’s Hydro H80 which is a liquid cooler capable of giving low temperatures and is ideal for use in the Prodigy case. OcUK have attached dual BitFenix Spectre 120mm cooling fans to the radiator to act as a push/pull configuration. Giving the system all its functionality and backbone is the ASRock Z77E-ITX – an Intel Z77 motherboard using ITX form factor capable of entertaining Ivy Bridge, high-end graphics cards and the 8GB Corsair Vengeance LP White 1600MHz (CL9) DDR3 memory. The basis for this system is strong, it can and does harbour some excellent hardware so it will be intriguing to know how much of a punch this small system can pack.