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

[MarcParis]

I would like to mention several air cpu cooler from Thermalright that should be compatible with Cerberus family :

• Silver Arrow 130 : dual tower, 120mm fan, however difficult or not yet available on market
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• Silver Arrow ITX-R : 147mm tall dual tower, black nickel (i must admit, it's beautiful..)
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Silver arrow ITX-R should be similar to Syche Fuma rev B : you could mount inside Cerberus, but without side bracket.
Best orientation should be towards top of the case to exhaust hot air from gpu and cpu.

i still wonder how such 120mm dual towers cpu cooler perform vs noctua c14s, either a cpu cooler or gpu hot air exhaust..

 

[anoldfriend]

Would love to test
Thermalright Silver Arrow ITX
but nowhere to be found =(

 

[MarcParis]

you have it on aliexpress or ebay..

 

[MarcParis]

I would like to mention several air cpu cooler from Thermalright that should be compatible with Cerberus family :

• Silver Arrow 130 : dual tower, 120mm fan, however difficult or not yet available on market
• 
  
  
• Silver Arrow ITX-R : 147mm tall dual tower, black nickel (i must admit, it's beautiful..)
• 

Silver arrow ITX-R should be similar to Syche Fuma rev B : you could mount inside Cerberus, but without side bracket.
Best orientation should be towards top of the case to exhaust hot air from gpu and cpu.

i still wonder how such 120mm dual towers cpu cooler perform vs noctua c14s, either a cpu cooler or gpu hot air exhaust..

I've just found interesting review on Silver Arrow ITX-R :

https://www.cowcotland.com/articles/2655-4/test-ventirad-cpu-scythe-choten-tuf.html

Basically Silver Arrow ITX-r is performing similarly as H7 Quad Lumi, a bit disappointing..

 

[Allhopeforhumanity]

Basically Silver Arrow ITX-r is performing similarly as H7 Quad Lumi, a bit disappointing..

I wonder how much of that comes down to the fan. After reading the long rant on Reddit yesterday about Thermalright's weird marketing name for sleeve bearing, I'd be tempted to throw an NF-A12x25 in there and see how it improves.

 

[MarcParis]

I wonder how much of that comes down to the fan. After reading the long rant on Reddit yesterday about Thermalright's weird marketing name for sleeve bearing, I'd be tempted to throw an NF-A12x25 in there and see how it improves.

That should help, however, as far as I've read you need to be ready to use some cable tie as stock fan is not standard (130x120).

But in that case, I prefer either triple U9L, dual U9S, dual/triple Fuma or dual C14S..

 

[Allhopeforhumanity]

But in that case, I prefer either triple U9L, dual U9S, dual/triple Fuma or dual C14S..

Unless you're going for noise normalized results, in which case dropping 2 or 3 fans in there are going to hurt you in the dB's. That said though, the 120mm Kaze fans on the Fuma are pretty dang quiet and the FPI isn't so high that I was seeing much benefit from swapping to more pressure optimized fans.

 

[Solo]

-snip-

That is the most dangerous heatsink I've ever seen.

 

[fabio]

That should help, however, as far as I've read you need to be ready to use some cable tie as stock fan is not standard (130x120).

But in that case, I prefer either triple U9L, dual U9S, dual/triple Fuma or dual C14S..

I've directly compared the Silver Arrow 130 with the Noctua U9s.

Basically, the SA 130 with one Gentle Typhoon 1850PMW perform equal to the U9s with 2x A9 PMW fans.

The noise' sound under stress is better in favor of the SA130, thanks to the 120mm fan.

BUT, I'll choose the U9s for the easier mounting system!

And actually, the U9s perform only a few degrees worse than the C14s, at least in the DA2.

FYI, the L12s with the A12x25 on top, perform 4/5 degrees worse than the U9 double fan.

Tested with a 9900K, no power limit and an ASRock Z390 ITX

 

[MarcParis]

I've directly compared the Silver Arrow 130 with the Noctua U9s.

Basically, the SA 130 with one Gentle Typhoon 1850PMW perform equal to the U9s with 2x A9 PMW fans.

The noise' sound under stress is better in favor of the SA130, thanks to the 120mm fan.

BUT, I'll choose the U9s for the easier mounting system!

And actually, the U9s perform only a few degrees worse than the C14s, at least in the DA2.

FYI, the L12s with the A12x25 on top, perform 4/5 degrees worse than the U9 double fan.

Tested with a 9900K, no power limit and an ASRock Z390 ITX

Thanks for sharing your experience.
Where did you manage to get the thermalright 130 please?

 

[fabio]

I've bought it on Taobao through TBfocus! One week and It was at my home
https://shop.tbfocus.com/item.php?id=582693616522

 

[MarcParis]

I've bought it on Taobao through TBfocus! One week and It was at my home
https://shop.tbfocus.com/item.php?id=582693616522

Good to know it’s available somewhere..strangely google does not prioritize this site lol

 

[MarcParis]

I've bought it on Taobao through TBfocus! One week and It was at my home
https://shop.tbfocus.com/item.php?id=582693616522

Lol i just noticed that you can order graphene customed version lol

 

[vpri]

Question around compatibility, this is the build I have in mind for now, not finalized yet:

• i9-9900X
• Rampage VI Extreme Omega (E-ATX)
• 240mm AIO front (with 25mm Noctua)
• EVGA RTX 2080 Ti XC (1st PCI-E)
• Radeon VII (2nd PCI-E)
• Extra card (3rd PCI-E)
• Seasonic Prime 1000W PSU

Do you think these components will be compatible in a Cerberus X?

 

[MarcParis]

Question around compatibility, this is the build I have in mind for now, not finalized yet:

• i9-9900X
• Rampage VI Extreme Omega (E-ATX)
• 240mm AIO front (with 25mm Noctua)
• EVGA RTX 2080 Ti XC (1st PCI-E)
• Radeon VII (2nd PCI-E)
• Extra card (3rd PCI-E)
• Seasonic Prime 1000W PSU

Do you think these components will be compatible in a Cerberus X?

Sure this setup should be compatible with Cerberus-x except front 240aio with 25mm noctua fans as radeon vii, at least is measuring 305mm in length.. as far as I remembered you have 329mm depth inside cerberus case.

Front radiator setup is only viable while using standard 10.5" / 26.67cm graphic cards.

Alternatives are simple :

• Get a 120/140mm aio and keep same gpu
• Use standard GPU length and keep 240mm front radiator

 

[giraffesinmybalcony]

@KSliger when the Cerberus is made available through Newegg, will it be available for worldwide shipping too?

 

[MarceloSiciliano]

@KSliger when the Cerberus is made available through Newegg, will it be available for worldwide shipping too?

It already is. I live in Brazil and i bought one

 

[giraffesinmybalcony]

It already is. I live in Brazil and i bought one

can you kindly point me the Newegg link?

 

[MarceloSiciliano]

can you kindly point me the Newegg link?

http://www.sliger.com/products/cases/cerberus/

 

[VegetableStu]

he was asking for a newegg.com listing/link ._. (which I couldn't find a cerberus listing independently btw)