I‘ve thankfully established that I have not tapped myself new hdd mount points, but the two types of screw do look similar enough to my amateur eye that I’m not surprised that I freaked out a bit.
Chimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure
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DIY clear side panel (acrylic sheet) with corsair LL and rgb strips
Ncase fan filters will fit in Cerberus-x and will cover the fans. However, they will not cover the whole chassis vents
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Hi!
I have started to put togheter my build.
I have a weird problem though, maybe some else experienced it.
The X399 motherboard I got, the Gigabyte X399 Designare EX, has only 8 holes for motherboard standoffs, it lacks the middle one to the far right, a heatsink is in the way. I have also checked backside of motherboard, there is no hole for the standoff to go into.
The case has 9 standoffs, that means one of them is not needed and it is also touching the PCB of the motherboard.
Do I need to remove this standoff somehow?
Grateful for any help.
Thanks!
I have started to put togheter my build.
I have a weird problem though, maybe some else experienced it.
The X399 motherboard I got, the Gigabyte X399 Designare EX, has only 8 holes for motherboard standoffs, it lacks the middle one to the far right, a heatsink is in the way. I have also checked backside of motherboard, there is no hole for the standoff to go into.
The case has 9 standoffs, that means one of them is not needed and it is also touching the PCB of the motherboard.
Do I need to remove this standoff somehow?
Grateful for any help.
Thanks!
probably need to have a look at the underside of the board. if there are tiny parts on the area where the hole should be, there might be issues
There is nothing on the back, just plain black PCB material where the hole is supposed to be.
Furthermore, the motherboard has a backplate, you can clearly see the space where the standoff is placed because there is a cutout in the backplate.
Furthermore, the motherboard has a backplate, you can clearly see the space where the standoff is placed because there is a cutout in the backplate.
oh okay. if it’s clean bare it should be okay. just leave out that mounting point
I see, it still feels risky, I'm sadly going to dremel it away so I can have some peace of mind though.
Appreciate your time.
@Johnny0971
To avoid permanent alteration of your new chassis...I would recommend a small square of nonconducting tape (Gaffers?) right on the backside of your motherboard to avoid a short. AND the Dremel.
But ultimately whatever you feel is best.
To avoid permanent alteration of your new chassis...I would recommend a small square of nonconducting tape (Gaffers?) right on the backside of your motherboard to avoid a short. AND the Dremel.
But ultimately whatever you feel is best.
Or just cover the top of hte stand-off with a small piece of insulating electrical tape.
Thanks to everyone who replied to me and provided some ideas and thoughts on the problem with the excess standoff.
I lowered it with a dremel, so it is basically gone, I don't mind, I love the case and it just got more personalized : ) I wouldn't feel safe having my new X399 system MB making contact with the standoff constantly, so I feel good about it : ) Going to use it for the coming 4-5 years anyway.
Thanks again, great community!
I lowered it with a dremel, so it is basically gone, I don't mind, I love the case and it just got more personalized : ) I wouldn't feel safe having my new X399 system MB making contact with the standoff constantly, so I feel good about it : ) Going to use it for the coming 4-5 years anyway.
Thanks again, great community!
Be quick to take pictures..
I will post pictures when it is done, I'm still waiting for the GPU : ) Cable management is hard though, takes some time : P
Quite the light show! Great job on the side panel. Good to know the ncase filters fit. Took a chance and ordered the bottom filter yesterday.
If anyone is interested in seeing how the c14s performs in the Cerberus with dual fan configuration I have a screenshot below.
I have pushed the 8700k to 4.8Ghz with 1.26 volts and I have the xmp profile enabled pushing the memory to 3200mhz. Temperatures are nice and low for such a small enclosure. Could not be more happy with the result.
I have pushed the 8700k to 4.8Ghz with 1.26 volts and I have the xmp profile enabled pushing the memory to 3200mhz. Temperatures are nice and low for such a small enclosure. Could not be more happy with the result.
Thanks for sharing.If anyone is interested in seeing how the c14s performs in the Cerberus with dual fan configuration I have a screenshot below.
I have pushed the 8700k to 4.8Ghz with 1.26 volts and I have the xmp profile enabled pushing the memory to 3200mhz. Temperatures are nice and low for such a small enclosure. Could not be more happy with the result.
You have a good overclocker cpu..
1.26v is pretty good.Noctua c14s is a good performer...in my personal case, i had bad luck on silicon lottery...as my r7 1700x is at best average (mediocre) oc..
Thanks for sharing.
You have a good overclocker cpu..
Noctua c14s is a good performer...in my personal case, i had bad luck on silicon lottery...as my r7 1700x is at best average (mediocre) oc..
Ya sounds like I did pretty well in the silicon lottery. My 5930k needed that to hit 4.3 of course most haswell-e CPUs couldn't get stable past 4.5. Ryzen seems like 4Ghz is about the limit.
Okay, I ran into a small issue with my Ceberus, I had a H110i which is 280mm and technically the matx case fits a two 140mm fans in the bottom, The issue I ran into was the screws are rounded and poke out by 3mm and wasnt able to screw the legs back on, So i ended up buying some #6-32 x 1-1/4" machine screws, and was able to get the legs back on, Is it possible for the leg screws to be a little longer since they are attached to the case???? either way I mounted the H110i! add it to the compatibility list
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