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

[jeshikat]

Ah right. Well, there's plenty of vent holes so you could definitely just rotate the drive and slide it around until enough holes lined up to attach it securely.

 

[MarcParis]

I will need your help/advices here please :
https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/poll-what-cpu-platform-for-cerberus-x.1409/

 

[MarcParis]

One question about cerberus-X : if there is a 240WC radiator on bottom, is it possible to put an sfx or sfx-l on front panel please?

I'm still hesitating between noctua C14S with intake on side and AIO on front panel as intake

 

[jeshikat]

And radiator mounted to the bottom of the case should not interfere with a front-mounted SFX-L PSU.

If you mean an AIO mounted to the bottom half of the front panel, then on Cerberus-X it still shouldn't be a problem because there's plenty of height, as long as the AIO doesn't interfere with the video card.

 

[MarcParis]

Thanks..

You are right front radiator could be a limit on gpu length...it's all a question of balance.

 

[Kwirek]

Just curious, but do you think 2 Noctua NFA15 would fit side by side at the bottom?

 

[jeshikat]

Yeah, two of those fans should fit.

 

[Kwirek]

Excellent, always nice to be able to re-use old fans. ^^

 

[MarcParis]

Personally i'm planning to use 2*140 noctua ppc on bottom and, most probably, noctua c14s with dual 140 noctua 140 ppc... With that config, I'm not planning to use fan on front panel or at the rear.. i'll'see..

 

[Kwirek]

Personally i'm planning to use 2*140 noctua ppc on bottom and, most probably, noctua c14s with dual 140 noctua 140 ppc... With that config, I'm not planning to use fan on front panel or at the rear.. i'll'see..

We might end up with visually similar set-ups from what I've read - just matx and atx.
I'm using the AsRock z270m extreme4 matx motherboard, and I think I'll mount a 140 mm fan to the front to get some more air moving through the pcie-express slots and over the bottom m2 slot. The bottom fans will be pwm-controlled by the graphics card so I expect them to spin quite slowly in situations where the M2 is used.

 

[MarcParis]

We will see. Personnally I think i will go on am4 platform, if ryzen is as promising as first results..
White and black or black and red theme..
Target is to have a pretty clean setup.

Last point to study will be dust filters.

 

[3lfk1ng]

I might have to mediablast my Cerberus for a custom color, unless we have the option to buy them unpainted.

 

[jeshikat]

Last point to study will be dust filters.

The frame and brackets are steel so Demciflex filters will attach without the extra magnet option to all the vents except the top.

unless we have the option to buy them unpainted

General production will probably have an uncoated panel option because offering custom colors is going to be too difficult logistically.

 

[Kwirek]

The frame and brackets are steel so Demciflex filters will attach without the extra magnet option to all the vents except the top.

I love you for that, for some reason I thought you went with an aluminium frame too.

We will see. Personnally I think i will go on am4 platform, if ryzen is as promising as first results..
White and black or black and red theme..
Target is to have a pretty clean setup.

Lets hope they are, you will certainly have more boards to chose from with the atx form factor.

 

[MarcParis]

That's exactly why i went for cerberus-x...with atx form factor, it has the best choice of motherboard and cpu socket..

 

[MarcParis]

in fact, I even thought that Cerberus-ATX as ATX SFF is more interesting than Cerberus with micro ATX..

And Kimera could count on me to make a complete review of my Cerberus-X.. I'll do my best to make a beautiful and clean setup..

 

[jeshikat]

I love you for that, for some reason I thought you went with an aluminium frame too.

We had considered it at one point but ended up sticking with steel for the frame. The exterior panels are aluminum though.

 

[MarcParis]

So on cerberus-x also, frame is in steel and front, sides, top panel are in aluminium?

 

[jeshikat]

That is correct.

 

[iFreilicht]

There's room but it's a tight fit for the connectors.

Looks fine to me. Delock got you covered for power and data:

Those cables seem to add about 8mm to the depth of the HDD.