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

[Johnny0971]

Hi!

I have started to put togheter my build.

I have a weird problem though, maybe some else experienced it.

The X399 motherboard I got, the Gigabyte X399 Designare EX, has only 8 holes for motherboard standoffs, it lacks the middle one to the far right, a heatsink is in the way. I have also checked backside of motherboard, there is no hole for the standoff to go into.

The case has 9 standoffs, that means one of them is not needed and it is also touching the PCB of the motherboard.

Do I need to remove this standoff somehow?

Grateful for any help.

Thanks!

 

[VegetableStu]

probably need to have a look at the underside of the board. if there are tiny parts on the area where the hole should be, there might be issues

 

[Johnny0971]

There is nothing on the back, just plain black PCB material where the hole is supposed to be.

Furthermore, the motherboard has a backplate, you can clearly see the space where the standoff is placed because there is a cutout in the backplate.

 

[VegetableStu]

oh okay. if it’s clean bare it should be okay. just leave out that mounting point

 

[Johnny0971]

oh okay. if it’s clean bare it should be okay. just leave out that mounting point

I see, it still feels risky, I'm sadly going to dremel it away so I can have some peace of mind though.

Appreciate your time.

 

[VegetableStu]

i don’t think it’s required to be honest, especially if it’s being watercooled ._.

 

[TheHig]

@Johnny0971

To avoid permanent alteration of your new chassis...I would recommend a small square of nonconducting tape (Gaffers?) right on the backside of your motherboard to avoid a short. AND the Dremel.

But ultimately whatever you feel is best.

 

[Qrash]

I see, it still feels risky, I'm sadly going to dremel it away so I can have some peace of mind though.

Appreciate your time.

Or just cover the top of hte stand-off with a small piece of insulating electrical tape.

 

[MarcParis]

DIY clear side panel (acrylic sheet) with corsair LL and rgb strips

Ncase fan filters will fit in Cerberus-x and will cover the fans. However, they will not cover the whole chassis vents

Just beautiful..

 

[Johnny0971]

Thanks to everyone who replied to me and provided some ideas and thoughts on the problem with the excess standoff.

I lowered it with a dremel, so it is basically gone, I don't mind, I love the case and it just got more personalized : ) I wouldn't feel safe having my new X399 system MB making contact with the standoff constantly, so I feel good about it : ) Going to use it for the coming 4-5 years anyway.

Thanks again, great community!

 

[MarcParis]

Thanks to everyone who replied to me and provided some ideas and thoughts on the problem with the excess standoff.

I lowered it with a dremel, so it is basically gone, I don't mind, I love the case and it just got more personalized : ) I wouldn't feel safe having my new X399 system MB making contact with the standoff constantly, so I feel good about it : ) Going to use it for the coming 4-5 years anyway.

Thanks again, great community!

Be quick to take pictures..

 

[Johnny0971]

Be quick to take pictures..

I will post pictures when it is done, I'm still waiting for the GPU : ) Cable management is hard though, takes some time : P

 

[Chann3l]

DIY clear side panel (acrylic sheet) with corsair LL and rgb strips

Ncase fan filters will fit in Cerberus-x and will cover the fans. However, they will not cover the whole chassis vents

Quite the light show! Great job on the side panel. Good to know the ncase filters fit. Took a chance and ordered the bottom filter yesterday.

 

[Chann3l]

If anyone is interested in seeing how the c14s performs in the Cerberus with dual fan configuration I have a screenshot below.

I have pushed the 8700k to 4.8Ghz with 1.26 volts and I have the xmp profile enabled pushing the memory to 3200mhz. Temperatures are nice and low for such a small enclosure. Could not be more happy with the result.

 

[MarcParis]

If anyone is interested in seeing how the c14s performs in the Cerberus with dual fan configuration I have a screenshot below.

I have pushed the 8700k to 4.8Ghz with 1.26 volts and I have the xmp profile enabled pushing the memory to 3200mhz. Temperatures are nice and low for such a small enclosure. Could not be more happy with the result.

Thanks for sharing.
You have a good overclocker cpu.. 1.26v is pretty good.
Noctua c14s is a good performer...in my personal case, i had bad luck on silicon lottery...as my r7 1700x is at best average (mediocre) oc..

 

[Chann3l]

Thanks for sharing.
You have a good overclocker cpu.. 1.26v is pretty good.
Noctua c14s is a good performer...in my personal case, i had bad luck on silicon lottery...as my r7 1700x is at best average (mediocre) oc..

Ya sounds like I did pretty well in the silicon lottery. My 5930k needed that to hit 4.3 of course most haswell-e CPUs couldn't get stable past 4.5. Ryzen seems like 4Ghz is about the limit.

 

[urdmiz]

Okay, I ran into a small issue with my Ceberus, I had a H110i which is 280mm and technically the matx case fits a two 140mm fans in the bottom, The issue I ran into was the screws are rounded and poke out by 3mm and wasnt able to screw the legs back on, So i ended up buying some #6-32 x 1-1/4" machine screws, and was able to get the legs back on, Is it possible for the leg screws to be a little longer since they are attached to the case???? either way I mounted the H110i! add it to the compatibility list

 

[Sancus]

Yeah, I had the same leg/screw issue with my Fractal S24... fortunately it's a 240mm so I just moved it so the screws weren't underneath the legs. But it is unfortunate that the leg screws have almost no space for screw heads.

 

[MarcParis]

Okay, I ran into a small issue with my Ceberus, I had a H110i which is 280mm and technically the matx case fits a two 140mm fans in the bottom, The issue I ran into was the screws are rounded and poke out by 3mm and wasnt able to screw the legs back on, So i ended up buying some #6-32 x 1-1/4" machine screws, and was able to get the legs back on, Is it possible for the leg screws to be a little longer since they are attached to the case???? either way I mounted the H110i! add it to the compatibility list

That’s one of the main reason why i keep recommanding 240mm radiator on the bottom of cerberus..

You could try to put your aio radiator on front panel and put psu on back.

 

[urdmiz]

That’s one of the main reason why i keep recommanding 240mm radiator on the bottom of cerberus..

You could try to put your aio radiator on front panel and put psu on back.

280 wont fit on the Cerberus only the X. I just didn't want to buy a new cooler lol