Prodigy M airflow/fan setup help?

[Smadaw]

Hi everyone thank you for reading and helping! So I bought a prodigy M for a A10 7850k build and basically wondering what the best fan set up is to keep temps low as possible...here is where I am at now.

Top: 2x120mm Exhaust (Should these be intake?)

Front: PSU goes in vertical so no fan can go here PSU fan is intake blowing air to bottom/outside area

Rear:140mm Exhaust (maybe intake with 2x120mm exhaust?)

Bottom:230mm Intake

Probably will be throwing a r7 250 in there as well which would be on the upper half of the mobo this case for some reason make mobo upside down.

Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler will be on the apu as well plan to OC

Thank you everyone for reading and providing input I really appreciate it!

 

[Rammy]

There isn't really a good solution, as it's a bit of a mess of a case for airflow. Most cases go bottom to top and front to back, which makes a lot of sense for a variety of reasons.
In this case, you can't really use the top as an exhaust, because (depending on your motherboard and graphics card) you'll have a graphics card pulling air in the opposite direction at a very close distance. I'd recommend removing them entirely, as this way the air can do what it needs to, some hot air will escape out of here, but your graphics card shouldn't end up fighting with other fans. Plus, an R7 250 is tiny and uses very little power, it shouldn't generate much heat.
The bottom is down to you, but as I understand, putting a 230mm fan here removes some of the HDD mounting locations (not to mention that it sits right next to the PSU exhaust section). There aren't a lot of options.
Rear is almost undoubtedly best as an exhaust, it'll line up fairly well with your CPU cooler, and you want to get that heat out of the case.

 

[Smadaw]

How do you think this setup will work?Top 120mm x 2 Exhaust, Rear 140mm Intake, Bottom 230mm Intake, The cpu cooler will have two 120mm fans blowing away from the rear fan so the rear 140mm fan will blow at the cooler while the 230mm fan blows everything up with the 120mm fans exhausting...?

 

[Rammy]

I wouldn't recommend it, trying to exhaust from the top means you work the graphics card fan harder, which will likely mean more noise, and potentially a short lifespan. Remember that the top fans are quite a long way from the CPU cooler, and blocked entirely by the graphics card.

Like I said, it's a really horrid case for "fixing" airflow, but you don't have anything super-high end so it's not going to be a total disaster. I'd stick with an exhaust at the rear, and then work with anything else as required.

 

[Lawny]

I recently ordered a prodigy M, and I know the air flow set up is in fact a little messed up compared to the norm since as we all know hot air raises. But I figured that with enough fans and a well thought out set it I could make it work. Before I go through the effort of building the thing I thought I could run it by you guys.

General components:
Nepton 140XL (CPU cooler)
2x 120mm fans (included with the case)
1x 230mm fan
Gtx 970

The GPU would obviously be mounted in the usual place. The 2x 120mm fans would then be mounted above it (as intake). The 230mm fan would be mounted below as outlet and the Cooler radiator & twin fans would actually be mounted in the back as intake. Do any of you see a problem with having the radiator used for intake as well, or would it be best to have it as outlet too?

Does this sound reasonable or would someone else suggest another way to set it up? I know the 230 fan would remove the option of mounting the hard drives on the bottom but I will use the side mounted bracket for that since the case is windowless.

Thanks in advance for the suggestions.

 

[offitmassive]

I have the prodigy m, currently my layout is 1x230 spectre pro on bottom as an intake , I have my NH-D14 then blowing back (but no fan fitted as the exhaust as not needed ) I have my v550m pointed back to front so the modular plugs are towards the rear of the case and the fan then draws in cool air from the 230mm . On top is my evga 780 6gb with a 120mm noctua dead silence fan on top as an inlet blowing cool air into gpu - with all these intakes I've create a positive pressure within the case so it helps itself exhaust any heat . And on top also I have my LG optical drive . And inside the case I have a 4670k OC to 4.3ghz idle at 26c

 

[Takahashinator]

I bought this case a few months back and I have been struggling to find a good configuration. It seems like everything is backwards. So I thought of a bit of an unorthodox solution. Flip the case upside down and use the "top" (now bottom) fans as intake to blow nice chilly ground level air on the GPU, and then exhaust out the back and "bottom" (now top). If you can stand how wierd it looks this is probably the best config for cooling.

 

[Tlandro]

Why not just flip the PSU so it acts as an exhaust with an intake facing the motherboard, and still directing air downward/out, that way you set up your 230mm to also exhaust to avoid using the same hot air as intake? Here's an example build that does that: http://www.pcgameware.co.uk/images/BitFenix-Prodigy-M-right-installed.jpg
or similar build:
https://imgur.com/Llqj1dM

I'm considering:
2 x 120mm top as intake
850w PSU in flipped config intake from motherboard area, and exhaust down (keep in mind in a normal positioning the PSU would exhaust air from this same region)
120mm radiator/fan cpu cooler in the rear as intake
230mm bottom fan as exhaust

 

[stu1234]

Why not just flip the PSU so it acts as an exhaust with an intake facing the motherboard, and still directing air downward/out, that way you set up your 230mm to also exhaust to avoid using the same hot air as intake? Here's an example build that does that: http://www.pcgameware.co.uk/images/BitFenix-Prodigy-M-right-installed.jpg
or similar build:
https://imgur.com/Llqj1dM

I'm considering:
2 x 120mm top as intake
850w PSU in flipped config intake from motherboard area, and exhaust down (keep in mind in a normal positioning the PSU would exhaust air from this same region)
120mm radiator/fan cpu cooler in the rear as intake
230mm bottom fan as exhaust

Hi Thandro,

I've got the Phenom M and am in the midst of testing different configurations of fans. I'd be slightly concerned by having the 230mm as an exhaust at the bottom, with the PSU fan facing inwards. The reason being, that the PSU fan may get starved of air, since the 230mm fan will 'win', sucking more air away from the PSU intake. 2x 120mm top as intake is good, the same as mine: don't want to be fighting the GPU fans. I bought two be Quiet Shadow Wings PWM fans for the purpose. Works well. I've currently got the Thermalright Macho Rev.B as my CPU cooler, but I've mounted its 140mm fan at the back as an exhaust, about 2.5 cm away from the cooler itself. In this config, it's pulling the air away from the cooler. At the bottom I've got a 200mm Cooler master Megaflow as intake (I'm yet to buy a filter for this). It's a tad noisy. I did have these two fans reversed up until yesterday. The 200mm fan as an exhaust at the bottom is quieter (when mounted with rubber grommets).

My next configuration will be to mount the included 140mm TR fan onto the CPU cooler, as intended, pushing the air out the back, which is practically an exhaust.
Like this picture here.