new sugo build

aos · 4 Jun 2007 at 14:07

Hi guys long long time lurker first time poster, and i have to say you guys are really helpful

So hopefully you can help me too.

Now that my finals are over i can take the plunge and by a new computer.

The spec I was thinking about is:
sugo evo,
GA G33M DS2R,
Crucial ballistix 5300,
2 * samsung 400gb in Raid 1 ,
E6600,
OcUK 8800GTS 320,
NT06,
Corsair or Silverstone PSU (one is modular one is short cable which ones better?!),
and the quietest dvd burner that is compatible with the coolmaster facia kit (they sell it on their site so dont think i can link but its basically a piece of aliminium that sticks onto your dvd burner i saw it on a sugo somewhere...), suggestions are aprreciated!
Oh and the samsung 206bw monitor.

I think thats pretty much everything, this is really at the top of my budget so please dont suggest any expensive changes

. I would also like to run vista 64bit and slip a wireless card in there too! Is the NT06 good enough to modestly overclock with even in summer - I am slightly worried by this as i've never overclocked before.

aos · 4 Jun 2007 at 17:18

Thought about the 640 version but I really can't afford it, its another £50 and i have already talked myself up from a 1950pro (i think that would be worse even with the 512 RAM right).

Will be going with the cosair psu then, cheers for the reassurence on that front.

Anyone know about the Cooler Master bezel (think there are no compettetors on this link) I dont think it would be compatible with the samsung burners because of their round button but it seems sensible to go sata.

aos · 8 Jun 2007 at 12:17

heatsink issues

Hey guys,

Well everything arrived today and i am starting the assembly. One small problem, the backplate for the nt06 seems to have to sit over some pins which are stopping it from lying flush with the board, is this ok? did anyone else have this problem? I dont really want to try clipping the pins unless i have to. This is my first ever build and i am not that confident!

Thanks for any help,
A

aos · 8 Jun 2007 at 17:54

Hey guys,

Have left the heatsink with the backplate causing a slight bend of the board if the contact isn't good enough i will try something else.

Well its progressing rather slowly! I will follow up with pics sunday when i can get my hands on a camera, although atm its looking rather rubbish. My cable routing skills are having a baptism of fire. Just a quick question. The sugo's case fan has 3 pins but the mother board has 4 I think the extra one is either a sensor or a speed controll. At the moment i think the 3 pins the sugo is connected to are the ground power and sensor is that ok?

aos · 9 Jun 2007 at 23:26

hard drive issue

I have been trying to set up raid but am having an issue getting the drives to be recognised at all. When i tried the hard drives in a friends computer they worked immediately and were recognised.

However when i put them in they don't spin at all nor are they recognised by the motherboard. I have tried swapping the power cables round and the like and am out of ideas. If anyone can think of something i might be doing wrong i would greatly appreciate it!

thanks,
a

aos · 9 Jun 2007 at 23:49

I cant even get that far the drives arent even spinning up they arent being recognised at all.

aos · 10 Jun 2007 at 00:41

I am now fairly sure it is a power issue. If i use the panel that came with the motherboard to externalise some of the sata cables i can plug in a normal 4 pin power cable and then from the panel run a cable which converts the 4 pin to a sata power cable. With this installed the drive spins up and is recognised.

So why arent the power cables that come with the power supply working?!!? (i have tried both sata connector cables the supply came with and my friend who has the exact same supply also tried one of his cables and none have worked) Can anyone figure out whats wrong?

I am using a corsair 520w power supply (it is a tiny bit of a tight fit but then so was everything else! I have a new found respect for all you guys who manage to make such neat builds in such a tight space).

Any advice will be much appreciated.

aos · 10 Jun 2007 at 13:35

Ok having tried the disk with the same cable on my friends psu it worked perfectly. I guess this means there is a problem with my 3.3v rail. I can't see how any of the other components can be causing this (such as the motherboard) so i guess its return time. :mad: