NAOMI III

[TheNorthBridge]

 Hey there Linus fans,

 

   Long time listener, first time poster. Been putting together PCs for fun since middle school (25 y/o now), but this is my first above entry level gaming PC (I guess). My past few builds have been named NAOMI, which is just an acronym for Non-Autonomous Operating Manual Interface (a name I used for an OS in a sci-fi short story I wrote a few years back). Anyway, enough exposition, here's some specs:

 

-NZXT S340 mid tower

-Asus 970 Pro Gaming Aura

-2x MSi R9 380 2G

-FX-6300 Black (OC'd to 4.4Ghz)

-250gb Samsung 850 evo

-1tb WD blue

-EVGA 850BQ PSU (ThermalTake Smart650 in pictures, but I sold it when I  bought the second GPU)

-Zalman CNPS9900max red CPU cooler

-And as of next Monday, 16gb of DDR3 1600 Kingston Fury RAM (currently just some cheap no name 1333 DDR3 I had)

 

This was definitely on a budget. The drives were swapped over from NAOMI II as was the CPU which I plan to upgrade when it stops working just fine for me. The CPU cooler was used, as was the RAM I currently have. Two of the fans are stock, and the other two are cheapo red LED fans I had laying around. The case was refurbished from NZXT. The PSU, Mobo and GPUs were really the only NIB parts in this build. It was a tough choice between going single GPU (like a new GTX1080 or RX480) or Crossfire/SLi. But, honestly in the end I went Crossfire for two reasons. The deal I found on the cards was impossible to pass up, and I love the asthetics. 

 

Fun fact: The side window on the S340 scratches if you even so much as breathe on it, so I've already had NZXT send me a replacement but if it does it again I'm going to have glass custom fit (should be a fun future project). Anyway, enjoy some pics. 

[Zando_]

Looking good! 

[TheNorthBridge]

12 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Looking good! 

Thanks, it's nothing over the top. But it runs Lightroom and Photoshop like a dream and plays whatever game I've thrown at it so far. 

[Natsoup]

Those 380's are probably going to be bottlenecked by that 6300, no?

 

otherwise love the clean red and black look. Nice build.

[TheNorthBridge]

2 minutes ago, Natsoup said:

Those 380's are probably going to be bottlenecked by that 6300, no?

 

otherwise love the clean red and black look. Nice build.

Honestly, I thought so too. But I've seen no issue yet. They're both OC'd at 1115Mhz, and I plan on swapping the CPU out sometime. 

[TheNorthBridge]

Random update:

 

Bottom 380 was running really hot even after I reduced voltage and clock speed. There just wasn't enough airflow underneath it's fans, so I'm going to figure something else out. Also, new ram finally got delivered Kingston Hyperx Fury DDR3 1600 (8-10-10-30 [for now]).