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Date:      Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:36:50 +0700
From:      Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        Zoran Kolic <zkolic@sbb.rs>
Subject:   Re: new desktop box
Message-ID:  <201206300936.50776.erich@alogreentechnologies.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120628140056.GA982@faust>
References:  <20120628120051.30B5210656DC@hub.freebsd.org> <20120628140056.GA982@faust>

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Hi,

On Thursday, June 28, 2012 09:00:56 PM 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.

I am currently also considering an eight core AMD. I have a Athlon X4 620 and I am perfectly happy with it.

> 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

This is what I do since 8.0.

Erich



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