Well, is that because of economy or are there other benefits?
For someone who's not very computer savvy like me, it would not be my first choice, but maybe I should give it a go.
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Any real reasons left to go with a desktop / tower over a laptop? (Faster / more powerful perhaps?)
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Well, is that because of economy or are there other benefits?
For someone who's not very computer savvy like me, it would not be my first choice, but maybe I should give it a go.
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Thermaltake Core V1 Chassis
Thermaltake Smart 430W 80+ White Continuous Power
Noctua NH-L9a AM4, Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler (optional)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor
MSI Performance Gaming AMD Ryzen 1st and 2nd Gen Mini-ITX Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4
WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB Internal PC SSD
Order total: $476 (Amazon)
Probably a bit overkill for a trading rig but a good starting point nonetheless.
8GB RAM is overkill?
(I've never built my own rig though I like to tinker so may look into it -- out of curiosity, where does one get the OS -- presumably W10 -- for a self-build?)
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8GB RAM is overkill?
(I've never built my own rig though I like to tinker so may look into it -- out of curiosity, where does one get the OS -- presumably W10 -- for a self-build?)
Licence from eBay and download - https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10
8GB RAM is overkill?
(I've never built my own rig though I like to tinker so may look into it -- out of curiosity, where does one get the OS -- presumably W10 -- for a self-build?)
Most trading software doesn't require a lot of hardware, specially Sierra Chart for example.
maybe it is part droneMy laptop is quite like a bird now, but the fan was running at a relatively high velocity for most of yesterday's trading session.
Yes, I figured expandability would be one of the prime considerations where I'm limited w/ a laptop. E.g. i use a high-end gaming laptop w/ 32GB DDR ram, but I suppose I wasn't sure whether the boost to 64GB-or-beyond (not possible in my machine) would be a noticeable upgrade for my purposes.
I am running a home built Windows desktop I7 with all the bells and whistles, multiple drives multiple video cards, etc.. My memory is at 32GB, a helpful hints Control/Alt/Delete, Task Manager will give you a good idea of CPU, but mainly memory usage. Since I have 5 screen I have noticed no lags but noticeably a good portion of my memory is utilized for Google Chrome 2.8Gb, IB X2 1.9Gb, than required incidentals like Malwarebytes 1/2gig, I doubt that adding more RAM will help since I am running a great deal of programs and only utilizing 35% of the 32GB.
I am running a home built Windows desktop I7 with all the bells and whistles, multiple drives multiple video cards, etc.. My memory is at 32GB, a helpful hints Control/Alt/Delete, Task Manager will give you a good idea of CPU, but mainly memory usage. Since I have 5 screen I have noticed no lags but noticeably a good portion of my memory is utilized for Google Chrome 2.8Gb, IB X2 1.9Gb, than required incidentals like Malwarebytes 1/2gig, I doubt that adding more RAM will help since I am running a great deal of programs and only utilizing 35% of the 32GB.
Yes, I figured expandability would be one of the prime considerations where I'm limited w/ a laptop. E.g. i use a high-end gaming laptop w/ 32GB DDR ram, but I suppose I wasn't sure whether the boost to 64GB-or-beyond (not possible in my machine) would be a noticeable upgrade for my purposes.
I am running a home built Windows desktop I7 with all the bells and whistles, multiple drives multiple video cards, etc.. My memory is at 32GB, a helpful hints Control/Alt/Delete, Task Manager will give you a good idea of CPU, but mainly memory usage. Since I have 5 screen I have noticed no lags but noticeably a good portion of my memory is utilized for Google Chrome 2.8Gb, IB X2 1.9Gb, than required incidentals like Malwarebytes 1/2gig, I doubt that adding more RAM will help since I am running a great deal of programs and only utilizing 35% of the 32GB.
FWIW after reading about the Intel NUC's ITT, I actually bought one of the higher-end models (i7-10710U / 64GB ram). My previous setup sounds like it was similar to yours: high-end gaming laptop w/ 32GB running 2-3 external monitors...wanted to know what I was missing by having 32 instead of 64GB. Answer seems to be not much. I'd say performance is a little bit speedier / snappier on the NUC, but nothing dramatic. Heat issues haven't seemed to be an issue thus far with the NUC, which was a concern given small form factor...I guess I wish I'd bought it instead of the laptop since it was like a third the price.
Somebody said that Sierracharts doesn't take much computing resources; have you seen their minimum requirements?
I am currently running SierraChart on my desktop with 8GB RAM and an I5 3470.
Processor usage on average is 0,5%-2% and RAM usage on average is below 40 MB.