Chimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure
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Testing Asetek 645LT & Corsair SF600 (3rd January 2020)
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Asetek 645LT proved to be a very good choice for Cerberus owner's as it can give its maximum performance (better than my Noctua C14S) without harming GPU performance...
Corsair SF600 is still a pain with this "fake/joke" fanless mode.
Testing Asetek 645LT & Corsair SF600 (3rd January 2020)
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Asetek 645LT proved to be a very good choice for Cerberus owner's as it can give its maximum performance (better than my Noctua C14S) without harming GPU performance...
Corsair SF600 is still a pain with this "fake/joke" fanless mode.
Hello, i have been slowly collecting my parts for my cerberus X build. I am planning on putting an arctic liquid freezer 2 AIO on the front and then 2 fans at the bottom. I have almost everything now except for the GPU. The arctic liquid freezer looks rather thick and was wandering if anyone using this cooler what GPU they were using. I was hoping to aim for a 2070 super or a 2080 super. Much thanks!
After SM580, Level 1 just reviewed (and using) Cerberus-X as "ultimate" streaming machine :
If you can fit that AIO in front, total length should be 330mm, so with 38mm rad and 25mm fans, you can install a 267mm GPU (reference RTX 2070 Super fits there).
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As far as I remember total internal depth of Cerberus-X is 329mm..
Most probably playing with tolerance/rounding.@si_death
I hope to share with community progress on 92 AIO/customed loop.
Depending on your CPU, but Asetek 645LT is already a very good choice, able to cool my OC R7 3800X in pretty efficient way (a little bit better than Noctua C14S), without deteoriating GPU cooling (as front or bottom radiator are doing)
I'm currently working on beefier version...
Very curious about your results with the 645 lt. My gpu temps are okay for the most part with my x52 at the bottom, but if the 645lt still lets me watercool my cpu and keep my window panel I might just switch to that.
Indeed you are right. While using 645LT, this is easing by far use of windowed side panel...as main exhaust is now top fan.
Right now, my testings are finished with 645LT. It provides slightly better temperature & lower noise than my Noctua C14S setup (dual fan as exhaust) on my R7 3800X (OC 4.3Ghz @1.3125v), and no negative impact on GPU thermals. I've also managed to run Asetek pump at 5v only (1350 rpm, monitored as 2700), making it pretty quiet...and with no impact on performance as loop is small on 645LT.
For info I'm using 645LT with only Noctua NF-A09x25 PWM (2000rpm max), but it worked almost as good with NF-A09x14 (2500rpm), but it was a bit noisier. I even tried push/pull (NF-A09x14 and NF-A9x25...giving a boost of 1-2°C on cooling..
)https://smallformfactor.net/forum/t...erberus-x-complete-build-log.2007/post-179453
Previously while using 240mm bottom radiator (intake), GPU thermals were clearly impacted (from 75°C to 84°C on temperature and GPU fans speed from 1800-1900 to 2500 max). My GPU is overclocked GTX1080ti that can draw 330W max (average 300W on demanding title, like Gears 5).
Now I'm looking to build best setup with 92mm watercooling. I'll share them, if successful indeed..
According to Sliger website support for GPUs is 330mm, and mine have that space. Did you check yours?As far as I remember total internal depth of Cerberus-X is 329mm..
In fact I was just refering from cerberus quotation..
1mm won't have major impact for me..
Never...somehow Kimera Industries has become Chimera and develop completely new products.
Closest of Cerberus mini is SM550/560 from Sliger or Ncase M1..
Sliger did say they're working on an ITX-height Cerberus that's vertically-reversible ._.
Hmm... What exactly is the projected layout for a Cerebus Mini...?
If it is just a shorter Cerberus, that might kill a good bit of watercooling capabilities...?
But if the 'vertically-reversible' means moving the motherboard tray to put the GPU slot up top, that might help some with cooling of the GPU (although I doubt there would be space for a Morpheus II with 120x25mm fans)...
If only Fractal Design would make a sub-20 liter Meshify Nano, with room for a 280 radiator & 140x25 fans up front...
If it is just a shorter Cerberus, that might kill a good bit of watercooling capabilities...?
But if the 'vertically-reversible' means moving the motherboard tray to put the GPU slot up top, that might help some with cooling of the GPU (although I doubt there would be space for a Morpheus II with 120x25mm fans)...
If only Fractal Design would make a sub-20 liter Meshify Nano, with room for a 280 radiator & 140x25 fans up front...
O my GOD....what did I see (by chance) on CES 2020 video on Aorus/Gigabyte stand :
Iron man mod in Cerberus-X?
Iron man mod in Cerberus-X?
i got an ATX board for my upgrade build, and I just had a thought:
the PSU might have placement difficulty (and it'll be limited to SFX PSUs), but that brief moment of realisation that an ATX board is within the outline of the cerberus 11U...
EDIT: i had the thought to do that mod, but I feel like it should really be able to fit a tower cooler for it to be worthwhile ._.
the PSU might have placement difficulty (and it'll be limited to SFX PSUs), but that brief moment of realisation that an ATX board is within the outline of the cerberus 11U...
EDIT: i had the thought to do that mod, but I feel like it should really be able to fit a tower cooler for it to be worthwhile ._.
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