Chimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure
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Honestly at this point I don't know, they have all the information they need - but it isn't on there - and the emails say we should be up.
Will check early next week what's going on, was overwhelmed with employees out this week that getting it might have been a bad thing anyhow. Update you ASAP, eager to get going as well.
We have a distributor that is a work in progress. Cerberus has to go through CE testing first, which is what we are currently waiting on. Will update when I know more.
My Cerberus-X is fully filtered, except side panel (or top panel once standing horizontally) where i have my main exhaust fan.
However no big issue from cat hair in my setup.
My worst ennemy was mainly litter particles. However i switched to litter with recyled tofu...and problem is almost solved..
I was looking at filters today for my X, although I've noticed that In your post I saw that the filter link isn't working anymore. I'm curious to know if others have also used any custom filters, is there any brand / type of filter that I should look into? I don't really like the magnetic ones mentioned on Sliger's website though.
Look up reticulated polyurethane with PPI of 10 to 30 ppi, can cut it to size and stick it just about anywhere you want.
A few tiny improvements since my last post that could help the community since I see another dual CPU setup..
-Vent Pattern Top Bracket for full 140mm fan placement (~1C-2C CPU improvement)
-2X2.5" drive replacement for front fan placement vs bottom (~3C-5C CPU improvement)
-Window Panel for... =)
Since my Cerberus X sits horizontally in an open-backed cabinet, this is my ideal configuration for silence/air-cooling.
Dual Xeon E5-2637v4 @ ~35C Idle, ~45-50C Normal Load
We since migrated to nVidia shields instead of HTPC VM's so unfortunately, this build will be retired.
Migrating to same unRaid NAS in short 1U chassis and adding additional network roles.
Very true that arm based mobile phone OS is killing competition for htpc, especially with video (and not video games, at least for not casual gamers..
) streaming services.I'm sure this retirement won't last for ever. Cerberus-x is quite resourceful..
Good point that your Cerberus was standing horizontally...like mine..
Working on something for this, hope to have it done by end of the week.
Will also be making a super-stripped down model of the case to help people with 3D layouts.
Apologies it's moving so slow, we're waiting on them to add our custom values to their database before we can upload.
No plans for any coupons until maybe November.
@KSliger I may have found a good idea for Cerberus/Cerberus-X rev 2.0.
Cooler Master has just released its Masterbox Q500L (33.8L), that is reinforcing competition on low volume ATX MB case.
However there is one key feature that is terrific : you can place your psu wherever you want on perforated panels with a specific bracket.
Thus it will be great for Cerberus case to get this freedom of PSU location by creating a new SFX or ATX PSU bracket that could fit on infinite vents.
What do you think about this feature?
Cooler Master has just released its Masterbox Q500L (33.8L), that is reinforcing competition on low volume ATX MB case.
However there is one key feature that is terrific : you can place your psu wherever you want on perforated panels with a specific bracket.
Thus it will be great for Cerberus case to get this freedom of PSU location by creating a new SFX or ATX PSU bracket that could fit on infinite vents.
What do you think about this feature?
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I'll be the first to say I'll get that in a heartbeat, LOL
EDIT: I think the reference length GPUs are slightly longer than the one used here? got those from PCIe's mechanical spec PDF
(otherwise I'd be looking at coolermaster to see if they sell that part as spares, although from what I can gather their spare parts store doesn't serve my area ,_,)
EDIT: I think the reference length GPUs are slightly longer than the one used here? got those from PCIe's mechanical spec PDF
(otherwise I'd be looking at coolermaster to see if they sell that part as spares, although from what I can gather their spare parts store doesn't serve my area ,_,)
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I'll be the first to say I'll get that in a heartbeat, LOL
EDIT: I think the reference length GPUs are slightly longer than the one used here? got those from PCIe's mechanical spec PDF
(otherwise I'd be looking at coolermaster to see if they sell that part as spares, although from what I can gather their spare parts store doesn't serve my area ,_,)
Are there any width worries, particularly for the cable plugs into the PSU, in that orientation?
a bit too close for comfort for SFX-L (bent cables at the socket), but if we're going for SFX It's more than enough o_o (I'm planning to stick the Commander Pro behind it, LOL)
(also yeah I'll be switching PSUs to Corsair's SX750 Platinium by the time I upgrade. Unless Silverstone manages to one-up in time ,_,)
(also yeah I'll be switching PSUs to Corsair's SX750 Platinium by the time I upgrade. Unless Silverstone manages to one-up in time ,_,)
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That's an interesting psu setup. Definitely a new bracket for sfx/sfx-l that holds on infinite vents seems to be a very good idea.I'll be the first to say I'll get that in a heartbeat, LOL
EDIT: I think the reference length GPUs are slightly longer than the one used here? got those from PCIe's mechanical spec PDF
(otherwise I'd be looking at coolermaster to see if they sell that part as spares, although from what I can gather their spare parts store doesn't serve my area ,_,)
Do you think that psu extension cable will be long enough to reach rear C14 bracket?
You mean that you will place commander mini in front of psu exhaust side?..
haven't tried yet o_o although I'd imagine it'll probably be a straight diagonal line downwards from the cutout to the PSU (which means a longer extender might be required)
I cut a hole in my PCIe cover though, so for my case it's solved
that being said, if the PSU's mounted at the bottom (over the final two PCIe slots) there should be enough slack to tidy or straighten it
@KSliger I may have found a good idea for Cerberus/Cerberus-X rev 2.0.
Cooler Master has just released its Masterbox Q500L (33.8L), that is reinforcing competition on low volume ATX MB case.
However there is one key feature that is terrific : you can place your psu wherever you want on perforated panels with a specific bracket.
Thus it will be great for Cerberus case to get this freedom of PSU location by creating a new SFX or ATX PSU bracket that could fit on infinite vents.
What do you think about this feature?
That thing needs to shed a few liters, but man, that's nice.
They're also using a modular front IO system, which looks oddly close to my PANELS system.
However, I never released anything about that publicly.
Still happy with the one I bought last year, so I'm back for round 2. Ordered my second one last night along with with an extra that I talked to sales about beforehand. Went back and forth between one of the SM5XX cases but wanted to stick with mATX for now. Looking forward to the build this weekend!
@KSliger I may have found a good idea for Cerberus/Cerberus-X rev 2.0.
Cooler Master has just released its Masterbox Q500L (33.8L), that is reinforcing competition on low volume ATX MB case.
However there is one key feature that is terrific : you can place your psu wherever you want on perforated panels with a specific bracket.
Thus it will be great for Cerberus case to get this freedom of PSU location by creating a new SFX or ATX PSU bracket that could fit on infinite vents.
What do you think about this feature?
I am not sure where else in that case an ATX PSU could go aside from the furthest top right corner of that picture. Seems like a dumb design choice for that case, sure it's able to move... but to where?
For Cerberus lots of people want to be able to use Mini-ITX and rotate the SFX PSU 90 degrees against back wall:
For Cerberus X it might be useful to move the SFX PSU to bottom with Micro ATX support.
I can't really think of a whole lot of scenarios it would be tremendously useful without requiring a lot of other changes to the case frame.
Not currently working on an Cerberus changes or new parts for the foreseeable future.
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