new desktop box

[David Xu]

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