Panel wasn't fully seated after I took it apart.
Okay that makes sense & looks a lot better!
Chimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure
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Okay that makes sense & looks a lot better!
Awesome stuff, the first people are starting to get their cases. 
hopefully we see some user reviews soon and some nice build photos
can't wait !!!
hopefully we see some user reviews soon and some nice build photos
can't wait !!!
Great to see the first units in customers hands.
The surface looks very rough. Especially on the last image. Is this intended? Will this be improved with the production run?
I believe the Cerberus is a great piece of work and will have great succes; however, I'm extremely disappointed in the service, I've paid for the Cerberus-X almost a month ago and have yet to receive a tracking number at least; I would have thought I would receive the Cerberus no more than a week after payment. Not a good feeling.
If you had been following along, you would have seen that the tracking numbers weren't passed along to Kimera Industries.
https://smallformfactor.net/forum/t...tx-usa-made-enclosure.454/page-102#post-36732
It's not their fault.
https://smallformfactor.net/forum/t...tx-usa-made-enclosure.454/page-102#post-36732
It's not their fault.
The product ships from Sliger in Sparks, Nevada. So they may are probably having issues getting them to Aibohphobia.
I have to agree (as i share same issue, as Cerberus-x was even shipped later than standard cerberus) that's a mandatory point to improve on serial release.
Please remember we are in pre production mode, with still lot to improve..
It was. And thus the feedback, in this case of the process around the delivery of the product.
I assume that there never was an intention for it to drag out as it did, but apparently some customers thought the process was bad enough to taint the case/brand. That kind of "word of mouth" could be very bad in the niche premium case market.
I can't believe that there won't be revisions in the process based on this pre-launch experience.
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I simply got confused over the pre-production statements coming in here and thereIt was. And thus the feedback, in this case one the process around the delivery of the product.
I assume that there never was an intention for it to drag out as it did, but apparently some customers thought the process was bad enough to taint the case/brand. That kind of "word of mouth" could be very bad in the niche premium case market.
I can't believe that there won't be revisions in the process based on this pre-launch experience.
Pretty confusing after a while
Revisions are already occuring for sure...It was. And thus the feedback, in this case of the process around the delivery of the product.
I assume that there never was an intention for it to drag out as it did, but apparently some customers thought the process was bad enough to taint the case/brand. That kind of "word of mouth" could be very bad in the niche premium case market.
I can't believe that there won't be revisions in the process based on this pre-launch experience.
I guess some people overestimate what meant "pre production"..
No ETA, there's several things we need to test and fix on these units so it'll depend on how smoothly that goes. Then there will be at least one more pre-production run to verify those changes.
That's one of the things we're looking at. Sliger switched to this new black textured powder since the prototype, it's a nice deep black but the texture is perhaps a bit too much.
I do apologize about that, I would have waited longer until taking payments if I'd realized it would take so long.
They're being shipped directly from Sliger.
Right, but pre-production basically refers to anything between the prototyping stage and regular production so I haven't always been clear that this run is the first of probably two pre-production runs.
Oh wow...each run won't depend on a batch of power cords and the price of steel from across the Pacific will it? Or should I prepare for a second, maybe third thread-versary?
I've just found a way to measure (approx) GPU width clearance in Cerberus/Cerberus-X case.
My analysis is pretty simple and approximative :
My analysis is pretty simple and approximative :
- Cerberus is compatible (close fit or tight fit with side bracket) with Noctua C14S with 25mm fan on top of it)
- As simple assumption, Noctua C14s heatsink (w/o fan) has same height as standard as based on this picture :
- Conclusion GPU width compatibiliy is : Standard GPU width +25mm..
Production will be a much smoother matte finish.
For anyone that has ordered/orders a preproduction unit Sliger will send you a new set of panels in any of the available colors when the SFX power cords ship out. New panel set will also address the panel gaps.
Looking forward to feedback on builds, please post any and all issues we and KI will get them addressed.
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