Well you all have been helpful so far, so I am asking for an opinion for this system configuration. I will be using it for day trading, internet research, and live bidding at internet auctions.

The machine:
M/B: Asus M2N-SLI AM2 NVIDIA nForce 560 SLI MCP ATX AMD
Processor: AMD Phenom x4 9850
Memory: 4 gigs DDR2 800
Hard drive: 500 gigs
Op system: Windows XP pro 64 bit
Video cards: (2) ATI PCI-EXPRESS ATI RADEON 3450W/512 MB DDR2 (Duel DVI & TV outputs)
DVD Burner with duel layer and lightscribe,(specs for it are fine for me)
Multi card reader
Monitors 3: main Viewsonic 22inch (Right and Left) Samsung 19 inch
Well what do you think,not a gamer and still wondering if this is a good config and how well it will work together. Any suggestions?

I think the graphics cards are overkill for the tasks you've mentioned... i mean, it's been a while since i did any day trading, but still...

I'm not convinced you need a high-speed quad CPU to surf the Web. That works fine even on my old Pentium 3 machine. OK, maybe I'm misunderstanding and in fact you have several things running in parallel, not just a browser, then it makes sense. Still, that motherboard does not support that CPU, so change one or both.

If you want a 500GB drive get a Seagate. Better yet, get WD's 640GB drive.

The rest looks good.

I'm assuming you already have the 19" monitor. If you don't, it's best to get monitors of the same size - easier on the eyes.

Those are $30 cards... He does need two of them because a single one can only connect to two monitors, not 3. I really don't see a cheaper solution.

i agree with szwaba67 the graphics are a little overkill. as you are not doing any gaming you need just the bare basics. but on newegg they had them for like 33$ so for the multi-monitor support they should work fine.

as usual aevm is right .

Here's a motherboard that supports Phenom and has 2 PCI-E x16 slots:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813130168

Thanks all Very helpful advice,I am not paying very much for the video cards so they are not an issue.