Building a Computer Want Opinions and Tips

daonlynamenottaken · Feb 10, 2018

I'm building a computer for trading stocks. Some of these trading platforms are pretty demanding, and I'll be running a couple different platforms while having research windows open. I need to know what else I need for my computer or if theres a component that's cheaper and just as good that I need, if one of the components is unnecessary for the rest of the parts.

2 Dell Ultrasharp 4k monitors (possibly buy a 3rd in the future)
Intel i7 8700 Coffee Lake 6-Core 3.7 Ghz
Hxi Series HX1000i 80 plus Platinum
GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
CORSAIR Vengeance RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4-24000) C15 - Intel 100/200 Series Desktop Memory (does anybody know if the RGB can stay only one color, like purple? I'm doing a purple theme)
Need help with the motherboard
512 GB SSD

Thats about all I have right now, once again if one component is unneccessarily more powerful than the others, please guide me at what I should be looking at instead or what to upgrade. Theres also supposed to be a liquid cooling cpu part I just didn't list it as well as a few purple fans. Thanks guys!

kanewolf · Feb 10, 2018

A 1080 graphics card is wasted for what you are doing. A 1050 or 1060 should be more than enough.

daonlynamenottaken · Feb 10, 2018

kanewolf :

What about a 980/980 Ti? How many GB should I be looking for

kanewolf · Feb 10, 2018

IMO, the "80" series cards are not what you need. They are intended for 3D gaming. That isn't what you are doing. I would also say a card with 3 displayport 1.4 plugs would be optimal. If you look at this chart -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Resolution_and_refresh_frequency_limits_for_DisplayPort you will see you need at least 1.2 or 1.2a ports.

An AMD WX4100/WX5100 workstation graphics card might be a cheaper choice...

daonlynamenottaken · Feb 10, 2018

kanewolf :

Thanks, everything else look up to par?

kanewolf · Feb 10, 2018

You don't benefit from 4x8GB RAM. 2x16GB will be better for the 8700. I am not a big fan of AIO water coolers, but as long as you use the monitoring software to ensure the pump is functioning they are OK. Is that SSD an M.2? It should be. The only motherboard type available for the 8700 is a Z370. You don't need anything too fancy. Since you have aesthetic requirements, I don't have a recommendation for a motherboard.

daonlynamenottaken · Feb 10, 2018

kanewolf :

So the extra 16 Gb of RAM is basically pointless for me, even with several trading platforms? My laptop has 16 Gb and it sometimes slows down from the apps. Thanks for all the help!

kanewolf · Feb 10, 2018

I didn't say the extra 16GB of RAM was pointless, I said buy it as two 16GB DIMMs instead of four 8GB DIMMs.

daonlynamenottaken · Feb 10, 2018

kanewolf :

God I feel dumb, seriously thank you for everything!

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