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

[bran]

Unfortunate that we have to look at full open loop parts just to have a solution that works. Guess my other option is to just throw a Kraken or something and deal with the subpar heat transfer.

 

[VegetableStu]

we'll see what Enermax TR4 mark 2 brings. if the radiator is still aluminium then I'd seriously consider modding that loop

 

[bran]

Switching up the radiator is at extra cost might as well just go with EK's AIO. Can always buy another modular CPU block when they introduce a better one.

 

[VegetableStu]

yeah the first block isn't worth buying I think ._. it might be the 115X/20XX/AM4 plate area, and if the default asetek coolers on TR4 has taught anyone anything...

 

[A.wypt]

Just a thought, but you could always see if the case screws above and below the fan on the bottome of the psu line up with the front vent holes and maybe use those to carefully screw it to the front panel instead of anchoring to the top giving you the freedom to move it down as long as there is room.

I know it's tight already between the PS and your graphics card, but could you lower the PS using longer bolts and some spacers below the top of the frame so that the power cable can pass underneath the top fan bracket?

Yeah I originally thought about using the fan side as the mounting point for the PSU. The 4 fan screw fit well, but the GPU completely blocks the PSU connectors.

I managed to push down the PSU further, using zip tie for now. Still finding a long enough screw to mount it... Thinking of shaving some bits of the rubber of the cord;

BUT; it cause a massive sag for the GPU. It's assaulting the eyes when I saw it;
That's a 1080Ti FE with Morpheus II, been working fine so far with that sag. . If it's the Zotac 1080Ti mini, it'll probably have no problem. I guess technically you can fit a ATX PSU at the front, maybe not so practical when standard GPU is concerned.

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yo!
I wonder how many cerberus owners are there here, LOL

Aye, if you saw a guy carrying that at the MRT, it's probably me.
Carried it from AMK to Outram where my office is to test out practicality of actually moving it from places to places and it aces.
As long as your destination already have the monitor and peripherals set up, it's plug and play, like a laptop and a docking station.

 

[VegetableStu]

Aye, if you saw a guy carrying that at the MRT, it's probably me.

whoa O_O that's brave and crazy dedication!!!

(looking at that GPU pic though... this is why I try to only get reference length GPUs ._. although that excludes the use of EVGA and STRIX cards ,_,)

 

[kecoal2]

I ordered my Cerberus X from Sliger. Lets see if I can do the ATX PSU mod as well. I also have a seasonic PSU same one. Pictures to come whenever it is delivered. I also have NH D15 lets see how it looks without the side panel on!

 

[A.wypt]

I ordered my Cerberus X from Sliger. Lets see if I can do the ATX PSU mod as well. I also have a seasonic PSU same one. Pictures to come whenever it is delivered. I also have NH D15 lets see how it looks without the side panel on!

You're local too, aren't you?
I went from NH-D15 to beQuiet's Dark Rock TF specifically for this case. D15 is just sitting pretty on the desk for now.
Was previously on the EVGA Hybrid for the 1080Ti too, went Morpheus to front load the PSU and air only setup.

 

[MrBreakfst]

D15 is just sitting pretty on the desk for now.

Not as pretty as the Dark rock TF

 

[kecoal2]

You're local too, aren't you?
I went from NH-D15 to beQuiet's Dark Rock TF specifically for this case. D15 is just sitting pretty on the desk for now.
Was previously on the EVGA Hybrid for the 1080Ti too, went Morpheus to front load the PSU and air only setup.

I didn’t really know modern sff cases existed until after I built my pc in a meshfy c. How is the dark rock? I am debating on getting an AIO with the psu mounted in the atx location. I am not sure what the right approach to take is.

 

[A.wypt]

I didn’t really know modern sff cases existed until after I built my pc in a meshfy c. How is the dark rock? I am debating on getting an AIO with the psu mounted in the atx location. I am not sure what the right approach to take is.

I came from the Mini C.
To my surprise, the Dark Rock in Cerberus performed better than my D15 in the Mini C. Not sure if it's because of other factors like fans etc... Right now the only fan are the ones on the Dark Rock and Morpheus.
Go for AIO if you don't plan to move the machine much, less movement, less air trapped in the loop (Maybe?)

 

[wovie]

On a similar note, what are some good air coolers for the Cerberus? I'm hearing Noctua NH-U9S, Dark Rock TF... any others?

 

[rcradiator]

On a similar note, what are some good air coolers for the Cerberus? I'm hearing Noctua NH-U9S, Dark Rock TF... any others?

Scythe FUMA Rev.B (the cooler I'm using), any variant of the H7, NH-C14S

 

[kecoal2]

I came from the Mini C.
To my surprise, the Dark Rock in Cerberus performed better than my D15 in the Mini C. Not sure if it's because of other factors like fans etc... Right now the only fan are the ones on the Dark Rock and Morpheus.
Go for AIO if you don't plan to move the machine much, less movement, less air trapped in the loop (Maybe?)

Did you have to push the Dark Rock TF IN ? it seems like a tight fit with the height restrictions

 

[A.wypt]

The Dark Rock is well within height restriction. There's about 10mm of clearance between the fan and the side panel.

 

[KSliger]

Yeah I originally thought about using the fan side as the mounting point for the PSU. The 4 fan screw fit well, but the GPU completely blocks the PSU connectors.

I managed to push down the PSU further, using zip tie for now. Still finding a long enough screw to mount it... Thinking of shaving some bits of the rubber of the cord;
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Can you send me more pictures of this? I'll make a bracket to support this as a mounting option.

Also I've had a lot of people ask about beige, so we will bring it back. But the vented windows are staying discontinued.

 

[isabirov]

@KSliger. Kahlin, solid tops, please please please ))

 

[Spartoi]

It seems the window panel does lay flat as there aren't any clips for the middle section. So while the top and bottom clip in fine, the middle bulges out as there is nothing to hold it down.

Has anyone done a full (CPU+GPU) custom loop in the Cerberus X? I can't seem to find any. I ordered a case and planning one with a 280/240 (bottom/front) and would like to see other builds to confirm compatibility and different layout configurations.

Finally got my beige Cerberus X. The beige looks mostly (soft) white to me so I'm not sure if there's any point in having a beige and white option. Anyways, as I haven't been able to find a build with full custom loop in the Cerberus X, I thought I should share mine.


The pump/res is mounted using the included mounting kit + some screws and washers for anyone interested. I thought I might have to change my PSU as it's kinda long (170mm) but managed to make it fit. If I were building from scratch and not re-using parts from a previous build I would probably have went with a shorter PSU like the Seasonic Focus Gold series (140mm) as fitting the pump on the bracket next to the PSU required some specific order of operations + stress.

PC Parts:

• Ryzen 2700x
• Titan X (Pascal)
  
• 32GB G.Skill TridentZ CL14
  
• 2x 1TB M.2 SSDs
• Seasonic PRIME ULTRA 1000 Titanium PSU

Watercooling Parts:

• Hardware Labs GTS 280 (Front) w/ Be Quiet! SilentWings 3
  
• Hardware Labs GTS 240 (Bottom) w/ Phanteks PH-F120MP
  
• Swiftech Maelstrom Reservoir with Integrated D5 Pump (50mm res)
• XSPC Raystorm Neo CPU Block
  
• EKWB Titan X Pascal Waterblock
  
• XSPC Fittings (3/8" ID, 5/8" OD)
• Mayhems Pastel White Coolant

 

[kecoal2]

Finally Got the Cerberus X. Here is a comparison with a meshify C

 

[bran]

Can you post a couple more angles?