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

MuffinCrumbs

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SF750 arrived today - that makes everything except the Cerberus X! Might try find a cheap case to build in while I sit tight and wait patiently! :D

Can't believe that tiny PSU is a platinum. Do those have self-test buttons, like the other ATX corsair PSUs do?
 

VegetableStu

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i might need to shelf upgrade plans. wallet might be taking a hit to get my camera fixed (it'll have a DO NOT RESUSCITATE sticker on it once I get it back ,_,)
 

MarceloSiciliano

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Guys is dual 240mm rads possible on the Cerberus? Like one on the front and one on the bottom?
My 2080ti temps are baaad. Getting 80-83 when gaming and no oc. Probably because the air from the 280mm AIO on the bottom
 

MuffinCrumbs

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Guys is dual 240mm rads possible on the Cerberus? Like one on the front and one on the bottom?
My 2080ti temps are baaad. Getting 80-83 when gaming and no oc. Probably because the air from the 280mm AIO on the bottom

You could probably fit two 240mm radiators in Cerberus X. Just depends on your hardware as well.
If regular ATX motherboard, I would assume you could fit two 240mm rads. Removing the easy access to the motherboard connectors below. For the Radiator on the front, you'd probably want the fans facing out, pushing air in. I'm not sure why the solution is two radiators for a hot graphics card though. Have you tried other solutions, such as installing a fan directing towards it? You could also use one radiator for everything. You can use QDC. EKWB offer QDC with their AiO. https://www.ekwb.com/solutions/all-in-one/

Just not sure how tangled things would be, with all the wires and pipes.

Not sure if this will help. But probably something to think of. :-)
 
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KSliger

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Apologies on the delays to everyone that has ordered a window and is waiting on their tracking.

We had bad material, resolved with replacement, but the replacement material is delayed - all windows should hopefully ship by end of week. Contact us if you have any questions!
 

Taswegian

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You could probably fit two 240mm radiators in Cerberus X. Just depends on your hardware as well.

Cerb-X will take 2x 280 (with 15mm fans on bottom rad), but Marcello said Cerberus so I guess he has the smaller case? The website says the regular Cerb can fit 2x 240, again with some fan limitations. Confusingly the same section also says max of 1x 240 + 1x 120.
 

KSliger

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Cerb-X will take 2x 280 (with 15mm fans on bottom rad), but Marcello said Cerberus so I guess he has the smaller case? The website says the regular Cerb can fit 2x 240, again with some fan limitations. Confusingly the same section also says max of 1x 240 + 1x 120.

We plan on doing some diagrams of possible fits - lots of questions from people on what is possible.

Also special mention; @junglist724 managed to get 600mm of radiators in the Cerberus X, first I've seen!

https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/cerberus-x-radiator-fan-options.9700/#post-132691
 

AMv8-1day

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Has anyone had much luck fitting flattened out power cables around back? Seems like a pretty big waste of some very intelligently located passthrough holes if they aren't designed to accommodate anything above 1mm. I was able to do a pretty good job of prettifying my setup through hours of routing and cable training the SF750 cables, then I went to put the rear panel on... :(
Sidenote:
Really like the quality and basically silent operation of my new Corsair SF750, but could they have given literally 7mm more to every cable!?!
Every single cable is stretched dangerously tight and only fit after hrs of massaging their route, individually adjusting each strand. I realize that they aren't expecting SFX PSUs to go into larger builds, but 1) the majority of my cables are routed to the top/right corner of the motherboard, about 5mm away from the PSU mount, and 2) It's a 750W PSU! There aren't a lot of super small cases that actually need 750W and/or dual EPS cables. Maybe people just want to make more room in their case with a smaller PSU? Also, and this is probably just a wish, but while I appreciate the high quality, individually wrapped power cables, they are designed to go into small, tightly crammed cases. It would be nice if they at least offered a flatwire cable option.
Edit:
In a previous life, I was a fiber cable tech trained by an OCD nutcase. I KNOW how to clean up and route cables. This just seems like an awful lot of effort for what should be the easy part.
 
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MuffinCrumbs

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how to get this case in europe ?? shipping cost from USA are crazy

Well, they said they are planning to open an EU store.

I would definitely not recommend ordering straight from US. That would subject you to expensive shipping, not only that, it is likely you would have to pay additional tax and custom duties.

When I got my Cerberus X, custom duties and taxes was around 250 dollars. The case itself was about 430 dollars including shipping. This was with upgrade of white panels, window, Chrome feet and chrome handles, Window SSD bracket. So overall 680 USD for one case.

The case is okay, it is solidly made. Not futuristic in any way, but simplistic. But when you spend that much, you start thinking if it was worth it.

You might want to wait till they get that EU store ready. I doubt that will be anytime soon. Or you could consider if you'd really want to get this case. Could be that you find a better case somewhere. Now, "better" is a subjective opinion. So could be that you will think something else is better, and that might be better in your opinion.
 
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Well, they said they are planning to open an EU store.

I would definitely not recommend ordering straight from US. That would subject you to expensive shipping, not only that, it is likely you would have to pay additional tax and custom duties.

When I got my Cerberus X, custom duties and taxes was around 250 dollars. The case itself was about 430 dollars including shipping. This was with upgrade of white panels, window, Chrome feet and chrome handles, Window SSD bracket. So overall 680 USD for one case.

The case is okay, it is solidly made. Not futuristic in any way, but simplistic. But when you spend that much, you start thinking if it was worth it.

You might want to wait till they get that EU store ready. I doubt that will be anytime soon. Or you could consider if you'd really want to get this case. Could be that you find a better case somewhere. Now, "better" is a subjective opinion. So could be that you will think something else is better, and that might be better in your opinion.


Tx man.

Really helpful. I want smallest possible case with possibility to shove 2x240 in any combination inside ( itx, sfx, m.2 , 1080ti mini, cpu/gpu blocks, so i dont need big space except for rads )
No way i am going to spend 600$ for a case. DA2 is also an option, but still unavailable. still searching ... it should be under 20 liters ...
 

MuffinCrumbs

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Tx man.

Really helpful. I want smallest possible case with possibility to shove 2x240 in any combination inside ( itx, sfx, m.2 , 1080ti mini, cpu/gpu blocks, so i dont need big space except for rads )
No way i am going to spend 600$ for a case. DA2 is also an option, but still unavailable. still searching ... it should be under 20 liters ...

I'm not entirely sure, because the idea is pretty new to me. But I was thinking the amount I spent, could've possibly been enough to get someone to make me a custom case. Doing CAD work and then later get the entire case made. Could probably even get someone to do CAD through Fiverr.com, for cheap. Because even the front port I/O and on/off switch on Cerberus is actually quite basic, these can be found easily on any PC mod site, or even eBay for cheap. Such project would probably not seem that expensive as one might think, and it would be all accustomed to ones individual needs.

Just a thought process...
 

Analogue Blacksheep

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+1 for a UK/European store. I've been planning on doing a build for a portable graphic design workstation for a while now and the Cerberus would fit the bill. I've been ruminating between this, the Jonsbo/Rosewill/Coolcube Maxi V4 and the Sugo SG10. While I have imported small things from the USA, I've never imported something as big as this and the costs involved do make me nervous.

I've also got two questions:
  1. Has anyone ever tried to fit a Kensington Lock on the back? I know Kensignton do kits where you can glue a plate onto the back of the case.
  2. How well does the case work as a portable desktop? I've noticed previous posts mentioning weight is an issue.