Re: seeking hardware advice

For SSDs, AFAIC Samsung is the way to go. get like a 500GB EVO and 
you'll be good for a boot drive. If you're planning on putting a storage 
drive in the machine, use spinning rust - SSDs don't do well with cold 
storage.

As far as the non-fan CPU cooling methods, AIOs will do the trick. No 
maintenance, it's a closed loop system.

On 10/29/25 12:29 PM, Robert Huff wrote:
> Hello:
>      I am putting together the specs for a new system; intended mostly 
> as a workstation, but with side hustles as a local server (web, name, 
> time, even some database).  I want it to run FreeBSD 15, and the next 
> few major releases.
>      I've got the CPU, motherboard, graphics, and memory figured out; 
> now I need advice on two other aspects.
>      The easy one: SSDs.  I want to prioritize "reliable" over "big" or 
> "fast".  What brands (/models) currently have a good reputation?
>      The hard one: non-fan CPU cooling methods.  I know zero about this 
> - is there a primer somewhere I have failed to find?
> 
> 
>              Respectfully,
> 
> 
>                  Robert Huff
>