modern desktop update recommendations?

[mlh%goathill.org@localhost (MLH)]

My ~10 yr old i3-based box needs to be updated. I can't compile
anything nontrivial without the box rebooting anymore. I am far
out of the loop on what NetBSD can run on these days. I have a
Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 that works very well and can use it and
I would like to go with ssd as my old hds are starting to fail.
My current motherboard is supposed to support (an early version
of) efi but I never could get it to work. I suspect it only booted
off of efi dvds and not hds.

Huge numbers of choices these days but does anyone have recommendations
on moderately-priced options that work well with NetBSD?

Thanks!