- Jul 27, 2009
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I'm pretty dumb at this. I need to build a desktop for electronic trading. I will use my existing desktops (2) for peripheral tasks, but want to build a good workhorse for all the heavy lifting such as order interface with streaming APIs, statistical/quantitative number crunching, etc., and of course to play MORPG and 3D games as well as to broadcast webinars with live streaming video. Eventually I will buy another and completely phase out the two desktop dinosaurs.
APPROX PURCHASE DATE: Immediately
BUDGET RANGE: $1500-$2000, but will go higher if needed.
SYSTEM USAGE: Trading, statistical database and spreadsheet calcs, webinars w/ video broadcast, gaming (Supreme Commander, waiting impatiently for StarCraft II), lots of internet research and active content.
PARTS NOT REQ'D: Monitors, modem, speakers, keyboard, mouse, OS.
PREFERRED SOURCES: NewEgg, Tiger Direct, etc.
PARTS PREFS: Prefer Intel Core i7-920, with the rest built around it; need a powerful mobo that supports both SLI and Crossfire and has more than two PCIe slots and will last for a few years; need at least 6GB DDR3 RAM.
OVERCLOCKING: Prefer the option of toggling on/off depending on reqs -- is this possible?
SLI/CROSSFIRE: No pref for one or the other, just want what's best for the CPU and the tasks involved. Card(s) should be very fast.
MONITOR RES: Min 1920x1080, although I will initially be using less, but will be connecting at least two now, three in the near future, and quite possibly four at some point. In other words, I need lots of capacity that I can step into.
ADD'L COMMENTS: Are solid state drives possible in this price range? I have an external drive that I can use for storage. Are they worth it? Otherwise, need a reasonably fast hard drive and very fast RAM to pull and process historical tick data. Will eventually go to full wireless, so a good wireless network card is needed. Will stay with CAT-5 for now. Would like to connect up to four hi-res monitors to this machine, so will prob need at least two video cards -- would like strong mid-range or possibly a reasonably priced high end (if there is such a thing). Is it too much to ask that this computer be very well powered *and* cooled *and* yet quiet as well? And I don't really care what it looks like, because it will be sitting under a very large desk and out of sight.
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If anyone thinks I'm unrealistic in my expectations of what is required, please educate me. I'm shopping hungry at the moment so I'm probably asking for more than I need. Or maybe I'm not asking for enough?...
APPROX PURCHASE DATE: Immediately
BUDGET RANGE: $1500-$2000, but will go higher if needed.
SYSTEM USAGE: Trading, statistical database and spreadsheet calcs, webinars w/ video broadcast, gaming (Supreme Commander, waiting impatiently for StarCraft II), lots of internet research and active content.
PARTS NOT REQ'D: Monitors, modem, speakers, keyboard, mouse, OS.
PREFERRED SOURCES: NewEgg, Tiger Direct, etc.
PARTS PREFS: Prefer Intel Core i7-920, with the rest built around it; need a powerful mobo that supports both SLI and Crossfire and has more than two PCIe slots and will last for a few years; need at least 6GB DDR3 RAM.
OVERCLOCKING: Prefer the option of toggling on/off depending on reqs -- is this possible?
SLI/CROSSFIRE: No pref for one or the other, just want what's best for the CPU and the tasks involved. Card(s) should be very fast.
MONITOR RES: Min 1920x1080, although I will initially be using less, but will be connecting at least two now, three in the near future, and quite possibly four at some point. In other words, I need lots of capacity that I can step into.
ADD'L COMMENTS: Are solid state drives possible in this price range? I have an external drive that I can use for storage. Are they worth it? Otherwise, need a reasonably fast hard drive and very fast RAM to pull and process historical tick data. Will eventually go to full wireless, so a good wireless network card is needed. Will stay with CAT-5 for now. Would like to connect up to four hi-res monitors to this machine, so will prob need at least two video cards -- would like strong mid-range or possibly a reasonably priced high end (if there is such a thing). Is it too much to ask that this computer be very well powered *and* cooled *and* yet quiet as well? And I don't really care what it looks like, because it will be sitting under a very large desk and out of sight.
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If anyone thinks I'm unrealistic in my expectations of what is required, please educate me. I'm shopping hungry at the moment so I'm probably asking for more than I need. Or maybe I'm not asking for enough?...
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