Recent content by bluebird001

Intel is the only way to go. The 875 is a great processor

This is a great idea... will you be supplying the trading stations, or is it a BYOComputer?

http://www.speedtest.net is also good. Try this from a "hardwired" computer. Click on the gold star for the closest "hub", then try you aircard. 5M down and 3M up should be a minimum for trading. I have 20M down - 8 up with comcast- I hear Concast CA now is offering 50M down.

Make sure you are running XP SP3. Microsoft will not be updating SP2 and back. Actually, I dont think they are going to do any more for SP3 either - but not sure.

I went through 2 of them, the Gen2's. When they fail - they are dead. NO way to recover. At least when I lost my boot sector on my old drive, I was able to plug it into a secondary port and get my data back. I had TC replace my drive with a new SSD - 2 months later - same problem. dropped...

Xeons are for number crunching - servers etc. i7 is really the same processor, speed wize, for the desktop version. Trading you really do not need the number crunching as your data is mostly streaming from your platform providers.

These guys have a good artical on PCI vs PCIe which I found very helpful in understanding the differences. http://emcworkstations.com/faqs.asp#PCIx "most" of the new MBs support PCIe of differnet types, x1-x4-x8-x16. Actually, some of the newer boards do not even include a PCI slot...

That is the 6 port (DisplayPort) version. So, 4 of those will get you 24, DP monitors, yes. Good luck for 4 of those :D

My buddy has the 1 over 3 - really likes the way it is balanced, keeping his main screen bottom center.

These guys have some great stands. I have the 220C - it is great becasue you can move the monitor easily. 1 over 1 or both next to eachother. you could have 2 of these on your desk also. See http://www.emcworkstations.com/mountall.asp to see what they have

or this one - http://www.shop.emcworkstations.com/2-Display-Vertical-Monitor-Mount-230P.htm?productId=7. I think they have a higher pole also, for 3 monitors high.

I just got a email from Judy at EMC Tech a fe days ago about this stand setup. Actually, I think they are running a special with 4 24" Samsung displays. They have a 1 over 3 stand configuration - http://www.shop.emcworkstations.com/4-Display-Monitor-Mount-1-over-3-413P.htm?productId=10

the x16 will work as long as the 2 cards are compatible - best to use the same card as you have.

a good faq on pci vs pcie x1, x4, x16 etc can be found at http://www.emcworkstations.com/faqs.asp#PCIx although they (the manufactures) say they are backwards compatible, I have found same problems as Scataphagos. It is really dependent on the chipset of the motherboard and video card. x1...

if your eyes are good, higher resolution will give you more on the screen. emcworkstations has 4 24" samsung monitors and a stand on a tax time sale - not sure if you need a stand or not. the 24" samsungs are $299. just a fyi