Please Review my DAY TRADING STOCKS build. Need to support 3 monitors.

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conquer92

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I am trying to budget myself to no more than $600 in total for the Computer (I already have a download for Windows). It will solely be devoted to trading stocks in real time.

I have 3 Dell Ultrasharp 2209WA monitors which has VGA and DVI ports, and want my computer to support all three of these.

1) What do you think?
2) I do not need a GPU right? Because the motherboard and Haswell can support 3 on their own.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($103.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $550.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 02:31 EDT-0400
 
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It has ram dedicated for graphics only. With three monitors this will be helpful. While the motherboard has enough ports; the CPU has a relatively weak built in graphics chip and shares RAM with the system.

To be safe go with no GPU first and see if it works fine. There may be no need for the low level GPU depending on exactly how you use the setup. Its always something that can be easily added later on
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no you want a cheap low level graphics card, like in the sub 80$ range, the dedicated ram can help there. Focus on making the your internet connection is solid if you want to trade stocks in real time. As for the hardware its not going to be terribly intensive. the i5 will do swell just throw in a low level GPU. (r7 240? even cheaper might suffice). Also get a better power supply, Antec, Seasonic, XFX. those are the brands you may choose from. 500W is plenty. You dont want your PC and your other investments hinging on a possible PSU failure.
 
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if your not going to over clock or game with the pc. and your close to a micro center. pick up the 4590 for 160.00. and use a h97 mb. swap out the ram for standard 1600 ram. micro center has 8g on sale for 77.00 in there flyer. spend 20.00 more pick up the r300 case from micro center that on sale. just built a new rig with it and found it to be a great case and the fans are dead silent in it. most motherboards now will do 3 screen but it two digital ports and one vga. most mb have one hdmi/dvi port and vga on the back. if i was building a rig I use two monitors on a gpu and one on the build in intel port.
the evga 600b is a few bucks more but it have some head room for cap aging. (also a rebate from micro center for that unit.
 
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What about the now? I updated the original post.
I do have a microcenter close, so I will go and pick up anything I can there.

I went with Kingston White for ram because it was 1.5v. The blu was 1.65v and I kept receiving an error that it wasn't compatible. I could have gone with the more expensive blu's that are 1.5v, but theyre a few dollars more expensive than white.

Anything wrong with white? Seems to be the same specs.
 
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You suggested that I get a low level graphics card. Why is that?

The mobo can support 3 monitors on its own. What is the benefit of adding a GPU?
 
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It has ram dedicated for graphics only. With three monitors this will be helpful. While the motherboard has enough ports; the CPU has a relatively weak built in graphics chip and shares RAM with the system.

To be safe go with no GPU first and see if it works fine. There may be no need for the low level GPU depending on exactly how you use the setup. Its always something that can be easily added later on
 
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Gotcha, that makes sense. Thanks for the help! I am liking the build I have at the moment. Best I order everything before I change my mind haha
 
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