Chimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure
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I chose the free option too. Hopefully it ships early this week. Just managed to get a 3900x so my build is underway!
How well will a 280 rad fit in the bottom of the case? If there any worry that it'll block the front panel connections or is there enough clearance to squeeze them in? Trying to figure out the best rad arraignment if I front mount my PSU.
How well will a 280 rad fit in the bottom of the case? If there any worry that it'll block the front panel connections or is there enough clearance to squeeze them in? Trying to figure out the best rad arraignment if I front mount my PSU.
As general advice, I recommend to stick on 240mm on bottom as 280 is a real challenge to fit...
(block most bottom i/o)
Somewhere on the forums somebody posted a picture of a Cerberus-X with two 280mm radiators AND a 120mm radiator on the side vents. It's definitely possible, but it can depend on your motherboard. With some boards it maybe necessary for you to use extensions or angular adapters for certain things like the USB 3.0 connector or other I/O along the bottom of the board.
small update: there's a new mATX X570 board out. no word on quality yet
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EDIT: i take it back, VRM's looking weeeeeeeeeeeak ._.
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EDIT: i take it back, VRM's looking weeeeeeeeeeeak ._.
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Even for micro ATX AM4 board, you have Asus B450 TUF pro gaming, that is quite decent..small update: there's a new mATX X570 board out. no word on quality yet
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I guess true difficulty on micro ATX format is to find higher end MB. But for mainstream, it's still ok.
yeah i'm more concerned about newer boards going forward ,_, for buyers, the stuff from the previous generation makes sense, but it says a lot when people are saying "don't get the newer one"
especially when the only existing boards from this generation are crappily done ,_,
especially when the only existing boards from this generation are crappily done ,_,
Finished my first SFF build. Only had one problem with the top mount option. The bracket screw hole had popped out and couldn't be tightened. They sent me another one right away, so all was good.
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Last picture is when I first finished it before I bought a used 1080ti. The gpu in that one is a Titan X Maxwell with a 980ti hybrid cooler that is now sitting on top of the case.
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Last picture is when I first finished it before I bought a used 1080ti. The gpu in that one is a Titan X Maxwell with a 980ti hybrid cooler that is now sitting on top of the case.
Moved to the 3900x and Meg Ace this weekend.
Running on stock air in Cerberus X with no issues so far. Next update will likely be cpu cooling but the included cooler is far from terrible.
High 60’s gaming at 1440p. Will post more details in my separate build log that has been going since purchasing the Case.
Specs:
3900x box cooler ,stock speeds
X570 Meg Ace by Msi
32g Team Dark Pro In 4x8 at 14.14.14.38 1.35v. 3200
Evga 2060 super Ultra
Evo 970 500gb nvme
Crucial 1tb SATA m.2
Corsair SF600 with sleeved cable kit
1 slim Noctua 120mm fan too exhaust
2 Noctua Nf F12s on floor exhaust
Cerberus X
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Running on stock air in Cerberus X with no issues so far. Next update will likely be cpu cooling but the included cooler is far from terrible.
High 60’s gaming at 1440p. Will post more details in my separate build log that has been going since purchasing the Case.
Specs:
3900x box cooler ,stock speeds
X570 Meg Ace by Msi
32g Team Dark Pro In 4x8 at 14.14.14.38 1.35v. 3200
Evga 2060 super Ultra
Evo 970 500gb nvme
Crucial 1tb SATA m.2
Corsair SF600 with sleeved cable kit
1 slim Noctua 120mm fan too exhaust
2 Noctua Nf F12s on floor exhaust
Cerberus X
Edit :fixed image.
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So what is your feedback on this combo msi meg ace and r9 3900x?...
Board is built like a tank and has a satisfying heft to it. That 6 layer Pcb is no joke. Little to no flex when installing ram or psu connectors.
I’m on the release bios and everything has been stable so waiting on the newest agesa to mess with flashing it.
I have only set fan curves , manually set ram (did not enable xmp) and fclk to 1600 in bios so far.
Letting the cpu do what it wants to see how it behaves before pushing it.
VERY satisfied and impressed with what AMD has done with Ryzen 2 so far.
I’m on the release bios and everything has been stable so waiting on the newest agesa to mess with flashing it.
I have only set fan curves , manually set ram (did not enable xmp) and fclk to 1600 in bios so far.
Letting the cpu do what it wants to see how it behaves before pushing it.
VERY satisfied and impressed with what AMD has done with Ryzen 2 so far.
I've made some experiments (you will understand soon) about my X370 chipset temperature.
While gaming with massive 3D load (Shadow of tomb raider, 4K, GTX 1080Ti at 81°C), my chipset temperature rose to 72°C...whereas at idle it's only at 40°C.
Nothing too dangerous as chipset max temperature is 100°C.
However, I understand now why X570 chipset have fan...Natively X570 are hotter than X370/X470...but if you add hot air for GPU, Chipset temperature can fly high..
As most of reviewers/journalists are using open air bench setup...this issue could go unseen...and this could lead to question why there is a fan on X570 (check interesting video from Der8auer .
I just called and got an update on my red Cerberus-X. Apparently they over sold the last few red systems but they are doing one last final run just for the over sold units. They would be well within there rights to just cancel the orders but The fact that they are taking time for just a few last orders is amazing!
I'm happy to wait knowing that a case will get to me eventually.
The X570 chip set fan debacle has been fascinating. I'll have my board set up soon so I'll get some first hand experience. If it's too bad hopefully I can just put a water block on it.
I'm happy to wait knowing that a case will get to me eventually.
The X570 chip set fan debacle has been fascinating. I'll have my board set up soon so I'll get some first hand experience. If it's too bad hopefully I can just put a water block on it.
Thank you for sharing. That would certainly explain the wait. Very kind of them to do a special run just for us.
Please could you check if your msi Meg ace x570 is able to monitor your gpu?
On Manual it’s written it can monitor pcie_1 temp...with no more detail...
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