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No budget - I want a bad bad bish 
hehe ---- Just no overkill, I do not mind paying for higher performing parts - Go ahead and overkill the case a little because I want something cool to look at lol
Proximon
liquid cooling is only for overclocking and showing off to your mates, if you dont want either of those then no point it's also higher maintinance.
Case
antec 1200 maybe
mobo
Asus P5Q's good price and performance
CPU
probably look at one of the higher quads 9550 if the price isnt too bad
RAM
lots off good options, personaly I like the OCZ high range stuff but probably best to cover that once mobo and CPU are picked out
GPUS
9600s will do you fine - plenty of power at about £60 a throw
PSU
antec signature 650 or 850
enermax galaxy
termaltake throughpower
HD(s)
seagate or WD (size depending on what your saving)
you may want to consider RAID 1 if this is to be a work PC
The mobo provides plenty of flexibility and has full RAID support. If you know how to build a machine then I recommend trying to build it yourself.
There are other graphic cards available at a higher cost but since you stated that your not a gamer and you obviously wont be running any kind of CAD program, its better to stay away from the higher priced workstation GPUs.
And btw, information is always free
| vibe wrote : liquid cooling is only for overclocking and showing off to your mates, if you dont want either of those then no point |
Wow thank you for contributing! Money is no option and I am ready to build the best of the best ( For trading that is )...... That being said I am ready for TOP OF THE LINE stuff! ( Where needed that is - For example top of the line CPU/Processor - Hard Drive - Ram ---- Things of that nature that will help better the performance on my single platform that I will be using
Best wishes,
Pwn
Well Vista is quite different from XP... but you can get vista in either 32 or 64bit.
In my opinion, both OSs have their benefits and flaws. But if you do decide to switch from XP to Vista, the transition is quite manageable 
| Zecow wrote : A normal office PC with the ability to support more than one monitor is fine.
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Yea I am a day trader - With me I use a lot of TA ( Technical Analysts ) - So I have charts, indicators, oscillators, overlay, etc etc up all the time.... Actually in the end you are right, I am sure I will do just fine with a normal office PC as the computer will not make me any more or less money. In the end I would rather spend an extra couple thousand and have the satisfaction of knowing my computer was built to straight do work! ......
Put it like this - What if just once just one time that normal office PC takes a poop in the middle of a trade when I needed to make a split decision move - Things like that could never be predicted and even with me spending all this money it still could happen, but I would rather take my chances with a computer that could power NASA then some mainstream brand with a " warranty " ---
Lets make one thing clear: no matter how reliable and fast you may think your machine to be, electronics are very unpredictable and have unique characteristics of breaking down when you need them the most
| Slomo4shO wrote : Lets make one thing clear: no matter how reliable and fast you may think your machine to be, electronics are very unpredictable and have unique characteristics of breaking down when you need them the most |
Oh for sure... I already have a back up comp and another back up for the back up and a laptop --- Basically I would also like to point out that you guys are awsome! I do not know if most these peeps take all you gurus for granted but for me personally I thank you for the information you have shared
Keep it coming hehe
| Zecow wrote : There is no such thing as being fail safe. Accidents happen... its part of life.
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Sorry did not mean to offend you if I did with the " pooping " lol...... Yea I do not know how to run virtual on 2 physical PC's because I am dumb - On a side note to answer your question I am most def. going to waste an unnecessary amount of capital on this machine - I really have no ethical reason just moral, pretty much the same reason I am going to be buying that new Ferrari F430 when it comes out
| nigelf wrote : Great.
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omg - I went from thinking I knew what was going on to completely clueless lol - It is ok though because I was only planning on building this myself for a split second before I read the above. I will do my best and try to find a local shop here that specializes in this..... BUT I WILL MOST DEF REFER HIM/HER TO THIS THREAD! - like I said I already had a bad experience these private owned places but I will give it another try and see if I can not maybe find something worth while because PROXIMON is right on with that " SERVICE " debate
So what I am going to do is basically figure out the core essentials like the motherboard, CPU/Processor, Hard Drive, Ram, Video and then let him/her sort out all the rest of the " fine print " As for the hard drive I was looking at something like this for the Primary http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136260 and for the back up or secondary or w/e you guys call it i was looking at this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136296
That case is sick now it is between that one and the Antec 1200 - As for all of the hardware and such I think I am going to hold off a couple weeks or so until the Intel i7 comes out guys because I just did another search and it is going to require a whole different motherboard 
......... Now that I can pretty much put 2 and 2 together my next thread will be a critique one where you guys tell me yay or nay - I even got to the point where I know what Ram I can use for the motherboard and what not ( 240 pin )
This is not really as hard as I thought - Well at least picking out compatible hardware - I will leave the assembling to the pros....
ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT YOU HAVE SERIOUSLY ENLIGHTENED ME A GREAT DEAL!!!! I will be lurking these forums so keep in touch!!
Best wishes,
Pwn
Message edited by pwn on 10-31-2008 at 12:40:44 PM
| fruees wrote : Yeah good choice with the i7 man - I was an intern as a trader this summer (structured equity derivatives) and the onus was always on processing power with our pcs. An Excel pricing spreadsheet would run ok on the quad cores but get unceremoniously slaughtered on the dual cores - you have made the right decision with the i7, however my only concern would be reliability, so perhaps lay off getting one until you read the first reviews on the CPU and the x58 mobos |
For sure pimp, thanks for the support. I to question the reliability but I have read that it has gone through rigorous testing - In the real world that means chit but if " tomshardwarde reviews " is willing to give it the benefit of the doubt, so am I
Take care,
Pwn
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