Thanks and welcome to Cerberus-X owner’s club..I have a Cerberus X on the way and I am struggling to decide on a cooling strategy.
I am using air cooling and ordered the vented side panel. I do very little gaming and my GPU needs are modest. I am using ECC memory and do not plan to OC. My parts are:
Overall goal is to maximize CPU performance while keeping noise low (in particular, inaudible at idle or low load).
- Ryzen 3950X
- Gigabyte Aorus X570 Master
- Noctua NH-C14S
- Corsair SF600 Platinum
- Gigabyte GTX 1050Ti (will upgrade this to something like a 1660 Super)
- Asus XG-C100C (10GbE card)
I have been doing some open bench experiments, and found that (as measured by CPU temperature)
I do not know whether these will apply within the case.
- GPU is better in PCIe slot 2 than in PCIe slot 1
- C14S is better blowing towards motherboard rather than away from it
- fan underneath the C14S (pulling) is as good (or slightly better than) as fan on top (pushing)
- C14S is better with 1 fan rather than 2 (in push/pull)
My current thinking is
I have found a couple of strange things:
- graphics card in PCIe slot 2
- 10GbE card in PCIe slot 1
- 1 or 2 fans on C14S as intake (blowing towards motherboard): not sure whether on top or below; not sure if 2 fans will be helpful when inside the case
- 120mm fan(s) on top of the case as exhaust: not sure whether I need 1 or 2
- 90mm fan on rear of case: not sure whether intake or exhaust
- 120mm at front of case (opposite PCIe slots 1 and 2): not sure if intake or exhaust (but opposite of rear fan)
- maybe 140mm intake at bottom: not sure if that will help
I wonder if I have messed up the thermal paste application.
- Prime96 Small FFTs with 16 threads takes temp to about 68C (IntelBurnTest is similar); but with 8 threads it stabilizes at around 92C.
- Even when the CPU is at a very high temp, the heat pipes on the C14S only get slightly warm (at most 33C).
I found MarcParis's build log very helpful, but I suspect my less powerful GPU changes things a bit.
With gtx 1050 sure...Thanks. I was worried about what would happen to the GPU heat. In particular, I didn't want the GPU heat to negatively affect CPU cooling. I was thinking the front fan might help with that. Or would the rear fan be sufficient to exhaust the GPU heat?
If you can fit that AIO in front, total length should be 330mm, so with 38mm rad and 25mm fans, you can install a 267mm GPU (reference RTX 2070 Super fits there).Hello, i have been slowly collecting my parts for my cerberus X build. I am planning on putting an arctic liquid freezer 2 AIO on the front and then 2 fans at the bottom. I have almost everything now except for the GPU. The arctic liquid freezer looks rather thick and was wandering if anyone using this cooler what GPU they were using. I was hoping to aim for a 2070 super or a 2080 super. Much thanks!
As far as I remember total internal depth of Cerberus-X is 329mm.. Most probably playing with tolerance/rounding.If you can fit that AIO in front, total length should be 330mm, so with 38mm rad and 25mm fans, you can install a 267mm GPU (reference RTX 2070 Super fits there).
Indeed you are right. While using 645LT, this is easing by far use of windowed side panel...as main exhaust is now top fan.Very curious about your results with the 645 lt. My gpu temps are okay for the most part with my x52 at the bottom, but if the 645lt still lets me watercool my cpu and keep my window panel I might just switch to that.
According to Sliger website support for GPUs is 330mm, and mine have that space. Did you check yours?As far as I remember total internal depth of Cerberus-X is 329mm.. Most probably playing with tolerance/rounding.
In fact I was just refering from cerberus quotation..According to Sliger website support for GPUs is 330mm, and mine have that space. Did you check yours?
Never...somehow Kimera Industries has become Chimera and develop completely new products.Now we wait for Cerberus Mini...
ahah my bad then lol...Sliger did say they're working on an ITX-height Cerberus that's vertically-reversible ._.