Re: new desktop box

2012-07-02 Thread Zoran Kolic
I run an 8120, it is a bulldozer however. I overclock it by adjusting the multiplier in the bios. Stock freq is 3.1GHZ and I run it at 4.2 GHz with an increase in Vcore of only 0.125V cooling with air. Solid as a rock. How about heating? - buildworld runs about 20min. - buildkernel runs

Re: new desktop box

2012-07-02 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 2 Jul 2012, Zoran Kolic wrote: I run an 8120, it is a bulldozer however. I overclock it by adjusting the multiplier in the bios. Stock freq is 3.1GHZ and I run it at 4.2 GHz with an increase in Vcore of only 0.125V cooling with air. Solid as a rock. How about heating? - buildworld

Re: new desktop box

2012-06-29 Thread Zoran Kolic
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. There is fanless

Re: new desktop box

2012-06-29 Thread Zoran Kolic
Do not get a Radeon newer than the 4000-series, the drivers are not available in FreeBSD at present. The 4650 has worked well for me. I'm not picky. In old node I have/had geforce 6200, which is pretty old. Works fine for non-demanding user. It also has no fan. As I said, my only concern at

Re: new desktop box

2012-06-29 Thread Erich Dollansky
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

Re: new desktop box

2012-06-28 Thread Zoran Kolic
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

Re: new desktop box

2012-06-28 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 28 Jun 2012, 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. Do not get a Radeon newer than the 4000-series,

Re: new desktop box

2012-06-28 Thread 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

new desktop box

2012-06-27 Thread Zoran Kolic
Dear list! This evening my 7 years old node powers down for it's own sake. After a bit of panic, I made a decision to get new box. Regarding fast development of hardware, I cannot choose what is the correct way to go. For long time I use AMD and would like to have another one, but would listen to

Re: new desktop box

2012-06-27 Thread Andreas Nilsson
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Zoran Kolic zko...@sbb.rs wrote: Dear list! This evening my 7 years old node powers down for it's own sake. After a bit of panic, I made a decision to get new box. Regarding fast development of hardware, I cannot choose what is the correct way to go. For long

Re: new desktop box

2012-06-27 Thread Robert Comstock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/27/2012 10:37 AM, Zoran Kolic wrote: Dear list! This evening my 7 years old node powers down for it's own sake. After a bit of panic, I made a decision to get new box. Regarding fast development of hardware, I cannot choose what is the

Re: new desktop box

2012-06-27 Thread Lucas Holt
AMD and Intel both have good CPU offerings. Both have a turbo feature to improve single core workloads. The real question is which video card do you want to use? Both have integrated solutions now or you could pick a discrete card. I personally go amd but buy nvidia cards as there are binary

Re: new desktop box

2012-06-27 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 27 Jun 2012, Lucas Holt wrote: AMD and Intel both have good CPU offerings. Both have a turbo feature to improve single core workloads. The real question is which video card do you want to use? Both have integrated solutions now or you could pick a discrete card. I personally go amd