Chimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure
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Chrome handles and chrome feet are going down in price!
Chrome handle kit will be dropping from $35 to $25. ($5 less than black handle)
Feet will be dropping to $20 for a set of 4, cut the price in half!
Chrome handle kit will be dropping from $35 to $25. ($5 less than black handle)
Feet will be dropping to $20 for a set of 4, cut the price in half!
First generation of EK predator was fitting in cerberus, however radiator orientation was not good.
Second generation EK predator is simply too big for Cerberus.
We have 3 half window / half vented panels available for Cerberus.
One in red, one in black, one in white.
Let us know if you would like to get one! Sorry nothing for Cerberus X.
One in red, one in black, one in white.
Let us know if you would like to get one! Sorry nothing for Cerberus X.
Leak testing! I'll post something more in-depth hopefully tomorrow, along with some better daylight photos.
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Phew. OK.
After a lot of hand-wringing, I finally decided to move my HDDs out of the Cerberus into an external enclosure and replace them with a second 240mm radiator. The external enclosure project has not gone according to plan, but is functional now (mostly) - it's just super ugly and I can't close up the case... anyway....
Getting that second rad in was a real nightmare and getting everything assembled (and disassembled and assembled and disassembled again) was not great, but I'm happy to have gotten it done. Like with the previous iterations, build order was critical. Pretty much had to go from bottom to top, while pre-running that rear tube.
I pretty much had to tear down almost everything (gave it a light flush as well!) and rebuild since I had to change a number of tube runs. Also, I completely botched my angled adapters order, and given the opportunity, would change almost all of them. Anyway, I was anxious to have everything back together and made it work, but I really would have loved a 90degree adapter coming off the pump to GPU, and a second 2x45 90degree adapter on the top radiator (the one in use I originally bought for that, but I didn't take the fans into account when trying to angle/snake the tube run from bottom res to top res, so I had to move it. Also, my "plans" for a proper drain tube did not go according to plan at all, so I'm pretty much hosed (ha ha) there. Previously, I just drained everything out the top of the res, so I'll just have to continue doing that. it sucks, but it's not the end of the world, I guess.
Also, going in, I was 100% certain I would not be able to get 4 25mm fans in there (based on measurements), but with how the Hardware Labs GTS radiators are shaped, I had just enough room to slide in the front radiator.
I haven't had a chance to get to any benchmarks compared to the single radiator, so I'll have to report back on that. But anyway, here's a couple better photos of the build. I think it's pretty clean, all things considered, if not especially photogenic.
Here's the cable nest, ha. You can get an idea of the tube run behind the fans - it just snakes down to that rear bottom rad connection.
After a lot of hand-wringing, I finally decided to move my HDDs out of the Cerberus into an external enclosure and replace them with a second 240mm radiator. The external enclosure project has not gone according to plan, but is functional now (mostly) - it's just super ugly and I can't close up the case... anyway....
Getting that second rad in was a real nightmare and getting everything assembled (and disassembled and assembled and disassembled again) was not great, but I'm happy to have gotten it done. Like with the previous iterations, build order was critical. Pretty much had to go from bottom to top, while pre-running that rear tube.
I pretty much had to tear down almost everything (gave it a light flush as well!) and rebuild since I had to change a number of tube runs. Also, I completely botched my angled adapters order, and given the opportunity, would change almost all of them. Anyway, I was anxious to have everything back together and made it work, but I really would have loved a 90degree adapter coming off the pump to GPU, and a second 2x45 90degree adapter on the top radiator (the one in use I originally bought for that, but I didn't take the fans into account when trying to angle/snake the tube run from bottom res to top res, so I had to move it. Also, my "plans" for a proper drain tube did not go according to plan at all, so I'm pretty much hosed (ha ha) there. Previously, I just drained everything out the top of the res, so I'll just have to continue doing that. it sucks, but it's not the end of the world, I guess.
Also, going in, I was 100% certain I would not be able to get 4 25mm fans in there (based on measurements), but with how the Hardware Labs GTS radiators are shaped, I had just enough room to slide in the front radiator.
I haven't had a chance to get to any benchmarks compared to the single radiator, so I'll have to report back on that. But anyway, here's a couple better photos of the build. I think it's pretty clean, all things considered, if not especially photogenic.
Here's the cable nest, ha. You can get an idea of the tube run behind the fans - it just snakes down to that rear bottom rad connection.
Following is my ITX, air-cooled build. I used a Noctua NH-C14S with Be Quiet Silent Wings 3. The CPU's max temp under load is 67, while the GPU gets to 67 under load. The specs are 8700K, 2080 ti, 16 GB ram.
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In the time it took NewEgg to get us approved we dwindled our stock down. Should be restocked by end of month and on NewEgg at that time.
Changes coming to Cerberus and Cerberus X, and some other news!
We will have both Cerberus and Cerberus X on display at QuakeCon, along with a coupon code for our site. Come by and visit!
- ALL HARDWARE WILL BE CHANGING TO METRIC
- Some cases might still be 4-40 up until about end of month, we will include a note with your shipment if so.
- This should fix all issues people have with wrong screws / crossthreading.
- User manual will be updated soon to reflect this, as well as other changes.
- Several new options are enabled, or will be enabled shortly
- An unvented top panel in black is now available on checkout.
- Custom colors will be enabled shortly, cost is $100 + powder coat cost. Email us for information on this!
- Custom printing of logos, artwork, and other graphics on the front panel, side panels, and even window panels for a stained glass appearance will be coming shortly as well.
- We start to do limited batches of colors, first up will be a limited quantity of neon pink.
- Other changes to chassis / order options
- Carmine red will be discontinued when stock is out. (will be replaced with above custom and limited batch)
- Chrome Feet and Chrome Handle have been reduced in price.
- Some cutouts on the chassis frame have been modified for easier access to SSDs, and rear of motherboard for CPU cooler mounting / M.2 slots.
We will have both Cerberus and Cerberus X on display at QuakeCon, along with a coupon code for our site. Come by and visit!
I concur, thank you for switching to the proper unit system.
Hey guys! Any ideia how i could mount a sfx psu at the front of the cerberus but rotated 180 so i have more space for fans at the side bracket?
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