Chimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure
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^ on this topic, are the mitx standoffs the same as the central ATX standoffs? My plan was actually to run a itx board in a cerberus X...
The studs support i was meaning. Maybe they are less visible than on my pre production...
oh wow I remember that being addressed before. I can’t remember the exact number for the life of me (alas I am not a database server)...
kinda curious, what are you looking to do with that space?
EDIT: If I'm making the right assumptions: 19mm
kinda curious, what are you looking to do with that space?
EDIT: If I'm making the right assumptions: 19mm
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Middle of build pic. I have a *lot* of trouble removing that GPU from the case. It's not actually the length that's the problem... it gets extremely stuck in the slot. I *think* the problem is that there's a DVI port at the top of the bracket which sticks out, and for some reason there isn't enough room to tilt the card back enough for the DVI slot to clear side of the pci-e slot and let you lift it free of the case without some very scary and unpleasant tugging and bending of the tabs at the bottom of the card.
I also have a GTX 780 and it goes in and out very smoothly without any trouble. It doesn't have a DVI port at the top of the bracket.
Middle of build pic. I have a *lot* of trouble removing that GPU from the case. It's not actually the length that's the problem... it gets extremely stuck in the slot. I *think* the problem is that there's a DVI port at the top of the bracket which sticks out, and for some reason there isn't enough room to tilt the card back enough for the DVI slot to clear side of the pci-e slot and let you lift it free of the case without some very scary and unpleasant tugging and bending of the tabs at the bottom of the card.
I also have a GTX 780 and it goes in and out very smoothly without any trouble. It doesn't have a DVI port at the top of the bracket.
Curious, did the IO shield not fit?
I had some difficulty with it the first time I tried, yeah. I don't know if the problem is me or Cerberus! Last time I did a build was a few years ago. I ended up having to put two motherboards in because the first one had a bad ram slot(already returned to Amazon) and between that and the GPU thing I was so tired of fiddling that I just left the I/O shield out this time.
There's a decent chance I end up switching this machine to an Asrock itx/ac board because the USB 3.0 header is under the 240mm AIO, which I didn't realize would happen(should have though, my mistake) and I _think_ I can still get to it with a low profile cable but if I can't I might just give up on mATX.
For the time being I just wanted a working machine asap.
I had some difficulty with it the first time I tried, yeah. I don't know if the problem is me or Cerberus! Last time I did a build was a few years ago. I ended up having to put two motherboards in because the first one had a bad ram slot(already returned to Amazon) and between that and the GPU thing I was so tired of fiddling that I just left the I/O shield out this time.
There's a decent chance I end up switching this machine to an Asrock itx/ac board because the USB 3.0 header is under the 240mm AIO, which I didn't realize would happen(should have though, my mistake) and I _think_ I can still get to it with a low profile cable but if I can't I might just give up on mATX.
For the time being I just wanted a working machine asap.
Ah ok, I have a Cerberus on the way, hopefully my io shield fits properly. Your build is looking good.
This is my i/o shield btw. TBH I've found the newer padded style of i/o shields to be pretty annoying to work with.
yeah the padded ones are a pain in the butt. I get they're trying to hold the IO in (without it falling off internally with some serious IO push-insertions, or literally poking the faceplate in from the outside) but those are waaaay excessive
My msi gtx 1080ti has a dvi port, and it could be tricky to remove it.I had some difficulty with it the first time I tried, yeah. I don't know if the problem is me or Cerberus! Last time I did a build was a few years ago. I ended up having to put two motherboards in because the first one had a bad ram slot(already returned to Amazon) and between that and the GPU thing I was so tired of fiddling that I just left the I/O shield out this time.
There's a decent chance I end up switching this machine to an Asrock itx/ac board because the USB 3.0 header is under the 240mm AIO, which I didn't realize would happen(should have though, my mistake) and I _think_ I can still get to it with a low profile cable but if I can't I might just give up on mATX.
For the time being I just wanted a working machine asap.
However, with practice, i’m doing it with no big trouble (i’m also able to keep my cpu cooler in place) Please note, before to unmount my gpu, i’m removing all red cover on unused video plug of gpu (dvi, 2xhdmi and 1xdisplayport).
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Most cards have a dvi port towards the bottom, it's not an issue because you can lift the card halfway up before you have to tilt it backwards. If you have a dvi port like this that's near the top of the GPU bracket, you can only lift the card about 5mm up before the dvi port blocks further removal. So you have to tilt it back, which is easy in most cases, but for some reason in the Cerberus you can't tilt the video card back at all until you've pulled it out pretty far.
I suspect the space for the little tabs at the bottom of the GPU bracket is too tight or something like that.
This is my i/o shield btw. TBH I've found the newer padded style of i/o shields to be pretty annoying to work with.
I'm glad to be done with these - the Hero X/Hero X Wi-Fi (AC)/Formula/Code have a built in i/o shield. Metal flexing around the I/O portion and a mobo stand-off "guide" peg can make lining up the motherboard an aggravating process in many cases.
Yeah it really bugs me that nobody does this for any mATX/ITX boards I could find.... maybe just telling me I should really want a Cerberus-X instead
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