From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 29 00:01:23 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14133106566B for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:01:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listlog2011@gmail.com) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7B1B8FC17; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:01:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from xp5k.my.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5T01KZu062953; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:01:21 GMT (envelope-from listlog2011@gmail.com) Message-ID: <4FECF049.5080006@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:01:13 +0800 From: David Xu User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120628 Thunderbird/13.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zoran Kolic References: <20120628120051.30B5210656DC@hub.freebsd.org> <20120628140056.GA982@faust> In-Reply-To: <20120628140056.GA982@faust> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new desktop box X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: davidxu@freebsd.org List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:01:23 -0000 On 2012/06/28 22:00, Zoran Kolic wrote: > Thanks all for reply! > >> The real question is which video card do you want to use? > Since I'm not gamer nor do 3d, some silent card will suffice. > There are nvidia gp520 and radeon 6450, both with no fan. > Also, I always enable powerd and dynamically lower freq to the > least I could. More I read, less I know, regarding that future > cpu. What about amd fx8120 ? Nex gen will come at Q3, maybe. > Next decision might be ssd, instead of hdd. Best reviews are > for samsung 830 (of wich 64gb are fine in my case). > I plan to install from usb stick and avoid dvd-cd. Also, cannot > make into what mobo should fit, but stay out of expensive field. > Probably intel ethernet if possible, but it is not available > in most data I read. > Once more, thank you all for fast respond. > > Zoran > > I have a GT430 installed on my machine, but I think GT520 will use less power, from specification: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-520/specifications It only needs 29W while GT430 needs 49W. NVIDIA also provides their native driver for FreeBSD. Regards, David Xu