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Quote from Bolimomo:

Personally, I think a 24-inch monitor has maxed out the utility of a 1920x1080 resolution. I have more than a dozen of them. I already felt that the charts look kind of coarse for the space available.

Any bigger size monitor (26, 28, 30) without providing a higher resolution is not cost effective.
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I'm wanting to go with 22"s. And do you recommend the x1200 resolution lcd backlight 22"s for the extra $?
 
I could be worng but I think the only Motherboard that Microcenter carries that supports four PCI Express 2.0 x16 (supports x16, x8/x8 or x8/x16/x16)
that also supports the
Socket Type LGA 1155

is the ASUS
Maximus IV Extreme-R3 LGA 1155 P67 eATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0358024

This board is VERY expensive.

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H series to use the integrated graphics and P series for overclocking - or something like that. Better than either is the Z68 chipset which seems to have no such restrictions. It doesn't seem to be any more expensive

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4329/intel-z68-chipset-smart-response-technology-ssd-caching-review
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Yes, primary difference between H and P is the H has integrated graphics (more of a budget mobo), and P does not.

Z68 is an enthusiast board...

X79, supposedly coming Q4, will be the updated equivalent of today's X58.
 
Quote from LeeD:

I understand it's only a solution for gamers. For many of them physical screen space (in square inches) is subjectively similar to having the smae space with higher resolution.

On "cheap" 27-30 inch monitors you get the same number of pixels as on a typical 23-inch "full HD" monitor. (Basically, they are converted TVs.) If you want more pixels all the prices I have seen are over 3x price of a cheap 23-inch "full HD" monitor.
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The standard configuration on monitors from 24"-28" is 1920x1200 (or 1080). As for "cheap", depends whether they have an inexpensive TN panel or one of the better ones.. like IPS.

On 30", and the reason they're so comparatively expensive, the resolution is 2560x1600.. and they use higher end panels... haven't seen one with a TN.
 
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Yes, primary difference between H and P is the H has integrated graphics (more of a budget mobo), and P does not.

Z68 is an enthusiast board...

X79, supposedly coming Q4, will be the updated equivalent of today's X58.
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Here's a Gigabyte Z68 board with three PCI-E x16 slots, SATA 3 and USB 3 ports for $137. This is AU price but much the same as US these days.

http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=7859

Looks more than sufficient for a trading computer.
 
Quote from godgiven:

Get a Sabertooth or some other Military grade motherboard where the components have been tested at much higher temps for longer and generally this is reflected by a 5 year warranty
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Why?
 
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