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

EdZ

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May 11, 2015
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Quick word of warning: if you're using the ASRock Z170 ITX Gaming (or any other board with the same socket placement), the NH-L9i with the heatpipe tips pointing up (bends pointing down) and the top bracket/handle, then the fit is extremely tight. It does fit, but lining up the heatsink mounting holes is difficult with the board mounted in the case, and mounting the board with the heatsink attached is not really possible.
 
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Phuncz

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Useless tip: Prolimatech Ultra Sleek Vortex 140mm x 15mm fits in the handle kit ! I basically didn't want to waste my NH-L12S' slim 120mm fan since I'm planning on using that cooler elsewhere. I guess the bracket could be adapted to fit slim 140mm fans with 120mm mounting holes. But how it is restricting now it's no upgrade over a 120mm fan.

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MarcParis

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Useless tip: Prolimatech Ultra Sleek Vortex 140mm x 15mm fits in the handle kit ! I basically didn't want to waste my NH-L12S' slim 120mm fan since I'm planning on using that cooler elsewhere. I guess the bracket could be adapted to fit slim 140mm fans with 120mm mounting holes. But how it is restricting now it's no upgrade over a 120mm fan.

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Always useful to know.
It’s just this prolimatech is difficult to find. At leadt cryorig 140xt is still here..:)
 

flakes

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I wouldn't lie on a public forum. I'll do some stress tests and post results after I get some more time. I'm sort of worried about temperatures and tripping the power supply but we'll find out soon enough...

Hey chemist_slime, that's a crazy build. Could you share how well thermally is the case handling that amount of power? That's a mini microwave.
 

minhbao92

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Too bad :( I just got a free mATX mobos from my friend for temporary build, and I got the Cerberus X instead for future upgrade. Do you know how many screws missing if we try to mount it?
 

Chann3l

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Too bad :( I just got a free mATX mobos from my friend for temporary build, and I got the Cerberus X instead for future upgrade. Do you know how many screws missing if we try to mount it?

I think it's the bottom row, so 3 but I have the Cerberus not the x so might want to confirm that.
 

nemesis429

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Aug 10, 2016
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That looks awesome, I hope you'll be releasing this colour soon!

Have you guys looked at a UK Seller?

Also any ETA on the window panels?

Cheers!
 

Qrash

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Can you suggest where I can get one of those? Thanks.

Below is the post I was referring to. It contains another link to a store that sells adhesive standoffs:

Gordian Solution for those lower three mATX-only mounting holes: Adhesive standoffs. Not elegant, but they're cheap enough that a handful can be thrown in with the case, and their only real purpose is the support the bottom of the board when inserting cards into the lower PCIe slots (ground plane linking accomplished by the other regular standoffs).
 

VegetableStu

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i really want the x399m, but after a cursory sanity check it’s either a 140mm aio or the noctua TR4 U9S. maybe even a higher wattage PSU as well

dammit I need to get to sleep

EDIT: There's the Arctic 33 Freezer TR though. 120mm fans and (hopefully within margin of error) 155mm in height (that's about the height with the side bracket removed)
https://www.arctic.ac/worldwide_en/freezer-33-tr.html
 
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