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RE: mouse Not a big deal in my opinion. I have computers that typically drive 8 to 10 monitors. Granted don't use a real mouse. You don't want to "lift and lower" repeatedly. Waste of energy and cause CTS later on. Buy a trackball. Set the pointer device speed to the highest. You can...

I passed by a neighborhood mom-and-pop PC shop just a few days ago. Used computers for sale. $79! Looked at the detail tag... Intel DX4 processor. Wow... my eyes widened.

You need the LEDs under your desk to light up your toe nails? :D

I think 8GB RAM as Scat said is a good balance. I only have 6GB on my 2 desktops and I get by. But with today's prices, 8GB is not a big deal. The higher the better, but on the other hand it may also be unnecessary. If you have heavy computing involved other than just displaying quotes...

I understand that even the bests of everything we do would probably be inadequate for doomsdays. There is always something that we missed. It is that something that does us in. We can try to be redundant, triple-redundant on everything... trying to save us. But we also have our checkbooks...

I don't think that is the case in most circumstances. The GPU is the last thing I worry about. Powerful GPU for charting is just an absolute waste. All the powerful calculations, photo-realism, how many millions of polygons per second, light sources, shading, translucency, etc... for drawing...

LOL Went Fishing! Now Stock777 needs to ask Captain Kirk to go back in time via a time machine to kill some pigs and beam them back to the Enterprise to feed the crew. :D

We used to have dual core or even single core. That's true. Heck we used to use XT or 486 to trade just the same too. But things changed over time, the market changed. We trade in decimals, market prints are faster, more market makers, level 2 changes many times in sub seconds. Do you...

Multi-core is a form of parallel processing. There are things different cores can share and there are things they can't. How the software can make them work together towards a common goal can be tricky. Your trading software does have to support it in order to fully utilize the capability of...

RE: So tradestation is better if some one is using multiple monitors? I am only saying I use TradeStation on many monitors and it seems to work okay. I have no knowledge of other trading software. RE: How many monitors do you have? since you stated you have 8-10 monitors connected to...

I use TradeStation for all my charts. I have 3 main desktops running TS and charts. Each computer drives 8 to 10 monitors. Each monitor I use a different "desktop" (TradeStation's terminology of a container). Each "desktop" contains about 4 to 8 charts. 10 desktops = about 80 charts max...

I use a MSI Big Bang XPower motherboard. It has a similar configuration, with 6 x PCIe x16 slots. But one word of caution, from my own experience: Although they provide 6 PCIe X16 slots (to be used in various modes), I couldn't get the FIFTH graphics card working. 4 cards (EVGA 8400GS...

I can't wait until they drop to the $3000 mark. :D Back to post #0, indeed a very good price for 30" with that resolution.

Your custom config is more expensive than what I have seen on Neweggs, which has on for a little over $500. RE: the AMD HD 7470 card. Was that your own pick? Or did you pick it based on the advice of some Dell rep when you asked them about the need for 3 monitors and that's what they...

RE: silent the PC isn't there something like active noise cancelling technology you can use - like those used in high-end automobile. Install a microphone, software, maybe dedicated speakers, to supress the noise volume? Via USB or something?

He did say 2-3 months. But he also said: - I'd like a Dell, three monitor set-up

Your requirements look quite simple. Just about any low-end box you can pick up from a local computer reseller would work. Even Cost Co. The only thing is: 3 monitors. Many of the ready-made box can support 2 monitors these days. Look at the specs or the back of the computer. Now with...

My final resolution: Got a HDMI-to-VGA adapter. Run 2 monitors from the motherboard (the Intel HD graphics), one directly VGA, second one via HDMI-to-VGA. Then run the 2 external See2Extreme USB-to-DVI adapters. 4 monitors now on this new box. Saved myself one SIIG-to-VGA Pro adapter...

Yeah, Scat. I built it. It was actually the shell of an old Compaq SR5710F retired 3 years ago when I built my i7-930 box. I couldn't resist the sales from Fry's on a MSI MoBo and i5 chip combo for $210 with rebate. Thought I would revived the box given it a new MoBo and CPU and DDR3 RAM...

Thanks for the link, Dart. The DisplayLink Install Cleaner appeared to have worked. I am back to a regular Windows 7 (normal mode) and it appeared stable. No more blue screen. And the DisplayLink software entries in "Programs and Features" are gone. I am back to 3 monitors.