Chimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure

[Kwirek]

Well, here are some photos of my current rig:

Spoiler

I've left off the side-bracket due to the rivets(?) holding it pushing on the fan, just slightly bending the cooler.

Very nice quality overall. Loved to work in it.
The push-pins have a little more "give" in them compared to my Ncase's but they sit solidly on. The panels feel sturdier, perhaps partly due to the rougher finish.
Was surprised that the case-feet was as good as they were with solid aluminium and a rubber bottom, very pleasant surprise.
The filled pci brackets do their work, but feels a step below the rest of the case. I suppose that is a way to encourage people to fill it up. :-P

 

[MarcParis]

Noctua 140 ppc party! Really nice!!

 

[Kwirek]

Noctua 140 ppc party! Really nice!!

They do sound like they're taking of when you start the computer, I could certainly live without that part. ^^

 

[MarcParis]

You mean they run at 100% on start?
If yes, issue is coming from mb. With my Corsair commander mini they started smoothly..

What mb do you have?

 

[MarcParis]

Well, here are some photos of my current rig:

Spoiler

I've left off the side-bracket due to the rivets(?) holding it pushing on the fan, just slightly bending the cooler.

Very nice quality overall. Loved to work in it.
The push-pins have a little more "give" in them compared to my Ncase's but they sit solidly on. The panels feel sturdier, perhaps partly due to the rougher finish.
Was surprised that the case-feet was as good as they were with solid aluminium and a rubber bottom, very pleasant surprise.
The filled pci brackets do their work, but feels a step below the rest of the case. I suppose that is a way to encourage people to fill it up. :-P

O i just noticed you didn't put white chromax on both sides on fan..why?.. not enough pieces?..

 

[clean003]

I just received my Cerberus and not sure if the the panels are aluminum or steel, can anyone give me the answer?

 

[TheInternal]

With my birthday coming up on April 7th, I'm thinking of getting a mATX mobo that supports SLI and a SFF that could fit two ROG STRIX Geforce 10 series cards in it. Will the Cerberus be obtainable by the end of April, or will I need to look elsewhere to find a SFF that can fit a larger CPU cooler alongside two longer GPUs?

 

[Kwirek]

You mean they run at 100% on start?
If yes, issue is coming from mb. With my Corsair commander mini they started smoothly..

What mb do you have?

It is an Asrock 270m extreme4, have had the same behavior on all my motherboards so it didn't surprise me.

O i just noticed you didn't put white chromax on both sides on fan..why?.. not enough pieces?..

Just thought it looked better.

I just received my Cerberus and not sure if the the panels are aluminum or steel, can anyone give me the answer?

They are aluminium, with the case internal frame made of steel.

 

[MarcParis]

With my birthday coming up on April 7th, I'm thinking of getting a mATX mobo that supports SLI and a SFF that could fit two ROG STRIX Geforce 10 series cards in it. Will the Cerberus be obtainable by the end of April, or will I need to look elsewhere to find a SFF that can fit a larger CPU cooler alongside two longer GPUs?

Well as far as I've studied Cerberus, Strix gpu should fit with no trouble inside cerberus, with tight fit with front fan.

However Cerberus won't be available in April, at least for serial. I know there will be at least another pre production run but it's not clearly timed yet.

It is an Asrock 270m extreme4, have had the same behavior on all my motherboards so it didn't surprise me.

Strange. On my current itx board z97e itx, I've both noctua a9 and dual fractal hp-12, and they do not spin at 100% on start.
Last time i used my 140ppc was with my corsair commander and they were ramping up'smoothly.

A point to check on my prototype then..

 

[Kwirek]

Strange. On my current itx board z97e itx, I've both noctua a9 and dual fractal hp-12, and they do not spin at 100% on start.
Last time i used my 140ppc was with my corsair commander and they were ramping up'smoothly.

A point to check on my prototype then..

I didn't really notice the spin-up earlier but I've come to realize that's because those fans topped out at a much lower RPM so it isn't as noticeable. Otherwise I have no problem, I spin them at 30% at idle and ramp up the cpu fans to about 50% when benchmarking/stress testing.

 

[MarcParis]

Personnally i like them mainly at 500rpm where they are dead silent...my maximum is 800rpm...above, they are too loud..

 

[Kwirek]

Personnally i like them mainly at 500rpm where they are dead silent...my maximum is 800rpm...above, they are too loud..

I can agree with that.

 

[MarcParis]

After I didn't find better fan...they are almost behave similarly (fractal HP-14, Corsair MF). Good surprise was fractal HF-14, dedicated for airflow, that could be the best for airflow...but is controlled by DC (3 pins) and has low pressure

 

[iFreilicht]

The top panel looks a little warped there, not really a fan of that :/ But I'm sure stuff like that will get ironed out and you'll get a replacement panel once the production run starts

The filled pci brackets do their work, but feels a step below the rest of the case. I suppose that is a way to encourage people to fill it up. :-P

Yeah those silver blank brackets don't look nice at all, I though there'd be vented ones like LianLi has them.

 

[Kwirek]

The top panel looks a little warped there, not really a fan of that :/ But I'm sure stuff like that will get ironed out and you'll get a replacement panel once the production run starts

I think that might be from the aperture of the camera, I don't have the case at hand but I didn't notice any warping in person.

 

[jeshikat]

The panels feel sturdier, perhaps partly due to the rougher finish.
Was surprised that the case-feet was as good as they were with solid aluminium and a rubber bottom, very pleasant surprise.
The filled pci brackets do their work, but feels a step below the rest of the case. I suppose that is a way to encourage people to fill it up. :-P

The panels are slightly thicker than the M1, 2mm vs 1.5mm.

I really like the case feet too

PCI brackets are just for this run, we'll have black ones for production.

I just received my Cerberus and not sure if the the panels are aluminum or steel, can anyone give me the answer?

2mm aluminum for the exterior panels.

Will the Cerberus be obtainable by the end of April, or will I need to look elsewhere to find a SFF that can fit a larger CPU cooler alongside two longer GPUs?

It's unlikely that the next pre-production run will be shipping in April.

 

[LocoMoto]

PCI brackets are just for this run, we'll have black ones for production.

Will they have any kind of slits or holes or solid?

 

[jeshikat]

Just solid.

 

[Scottagecheeze]

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.

For those of us with pre-production units, will we be asked if we want a new set of panels or will we need to reach out at some point if we want them?

 

[PNP]

@Aibohphobia

Just in case it slipped your mind

Care to share? Anything affecting compatibility or longevity?



For clarification, the next batch will come with cables for a front-SFX setup, yes? Any chance we can get extra panels during this next run or separately during general production?