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

FoskcoRS5

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While I was swapping parts out today, I had a strange idea. Between the motherboard and the front of the chassis there is 83mm of space. The GEEEK custom modular FlexATX PSU is 81.5mm.

On paper I should be able to mount one there with a side mounted radiator. The concern at that point would be hour close the PSU is to the GPU backplate. Has anyone tried this?

 

galletabah

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Can anyone say me the measurements of this window:

I will make it handmade or laser with tempered glass, but I want to left some space in the sides to make the panel a more rigid
 
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CantingSoup

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Can you mount an ATX psu even when the SFX/SFX-L internal style was purchased? Or would I have to buy a converter?
 
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VegetableStu

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Can anyone say me the measurements of this window
metal panel window aperture:
91mm width
~282.5mm length
~5mm corner radius
34.6mm away from bottom edge of panel
27mm away from edge of panel lengthwise (centered)
(panel is slightly bowed outwards when unmounted, but take the tolerances to account anyway)

plastic window: ~10mm perimeter offset for mounting to panel. same radius point for corner. said offset is thinner than the rest of the plastic to fill into the window aperture

Can you mount an ATX psu even when the SFX/SFX-L internal style was purchased? Or would I have to buy a converter?
unless you're comfortable with mounting the PSU by its fan mounts, no.
(also I'm not sure if the infinivent can take the weight of a large ATX PSU)
 
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SweetVandal

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Just wanted to share a quick update - definitely reached max capacity, but waiting on a few angled adapters before I can finish. Was planning to do a water block on the GPU in the future, but I'm really unsure about the clearance under the PSU. I guess we'll see...

So close, but still so far.

 

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Just wanted to share a quick update - definitely reached max capacity, but waiting on a few angled adapters before I can finish. Was planning to do a water block on the GPU in the future, but I'm really unsure about the clearance under the PSU. I guess we'll see...

So close, but still so far.

Nice RTX 2080 gpu..:)
 

fabio

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Just wanted to share a quick update - definitely reached max capacity, but waiting on a few angled adapters before I can finish. Was planning to do a water block on the GPU in the future, but I'm really unsure about the clearance under the PSU. I guess we'll see...

So close, but still so far.

Amazing setup!! Can I ask if you can shot a more frontal pics to understand the space occupied for the D5 and Reservoir and the height of your radiator? Is it 280 or 240? Thanks a lot man!
 

SweetVandal

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Amazing setup!! Can I ask if you can shot a more frontal pics to understand the space occupied for the D5 and Reservoir and the height of your radiator? Is it 280 or 240? Thanks a lot man!

Thank you!

And yes, I did take a few more photos! I was holding off on doing something a bit more in-depth until I get the loop finished. I wasn't exactly sure how the fittings would all come together, so I didn't order any angled adapters because I didn't want to not use them. I should hopefully finish on Tuesday and will share more then.

As for fitting the D5 - it barely fit and I had to get mildly creative with the mount. The Maelstrom x50 would have been a for-sure fit because the mount is a little high on the pump body, unlike the EK's holder that sits on the very bottom. The rad is 240.
 
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CantingSoup

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Anyone have experience with the Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 32GB ram on AMD? Does it OC to 3200MHz without issue?

The model number is CMW32GX4M4C3200C14 with 14-14-14-34 Samsung b-die.
 

fabio

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Thank you!

And yes, I did take a few more photos! I was holding off on doing something a bit more in-depth until I get the loop finished. I wasn't exactly sure how the fittings would all come together, so I didn't order any angled adapters because I didn't want to not use them. I should hopefully finish on Tuesday and will share more then.

As for fitting the D5 - it barely fit and I had to get mildly creative with the mount. The Maelstrom x50 would have been a for-sure fit because the mount is a little high on the pump body, unlike the EK's holder that sits on the very bottom. The rad is 240.
Thanks! Ok, Than, I guess I need to stay with the DDC. I tried the maelstrom, but for my config is way too big. For few mm it goes against the VRM fan. I was thinking that maybe the EKWB could fit because the top part is rounded and smaller than the pump holder, but I am not so sure it can fit in the other direction., because of my ATX PSU.

Curious to see the final build!