Building a High End Trading PC - Help me out

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philipjb

Hello Friends,
Please help me out, as i am planning to build a high top notch trading computer.

My Plan is to have two PCs or basically one.
One basically for Gaming / Entertainment Purpose.

Another is purely Trading and work purpose - connecting 4 monitors

Someone told me these Specs. Please advise your suggestion

Processor: Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition
Board: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32 GB
GPU: 3x Nvidia's GTX Tiatn Blacks
Supply: Corsair AX 1200 Watt
Storage: 2x 512 GB Samsung 840 Pro's in RAID + 2x 4TB WD Blacks
Case: Corsair 900D or Cosmos Ultra

Please advise id the above is best to go for ?

I see Intel is also launching new Processor, so with the above mentioned Board, am i able to change easily
http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyl...-fantastic-new-processors-for-pc-enthusiasts/

Thanks.
 
philipjb said:
Hello Friends,
Please help me out, as i am planning to build a high top notch trading computer.

My Plan is to have two PCs or basically one.
One basically for Gaming / Entertainment Purpose.

Another is purely Trading and work purpose - connecting 4 monitors

Someone told me these Specs. Please advise your suggestion

Processor: Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition
Board: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32 GB
GPU: 3x Nvidia's GTX Tiatn Blacks
Supply: Corsair AX 1200 Watt
Storage: 2x 512 GB Samsung 840 Pro's in RAID + 2x 4TB WD Blacks
Case: Corsair 900D or Cosmos Ultra

Please advise id the above is best to go for ?

I see Intel is also launching new Processor, so with the above mentioned Board, am i able to change easily
http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyl...-fantastic-new-processors-for-pc-enthusiasts/

Thanks.
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Found this Amazon comment about the Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition processor:

"If you're looking at this for gaming - don't get it. It's not worth the price. You'll get better performance in single-threaded applications from the new Haswell architecture because of its significantly more efficient instruction set, and you won't be invested in the dead LGA 2011."
 
philipjb said:
Hello Friends,
Please help me out, as i am planning to build a high top notch trading computer.
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You need a super stable computer, as opposed to a super fast computer. And what is "fast"? Depends on the task, the code optimizations, network connection. Price in UPS as well.

Most traders over-think this. At the moment I prefer HP Z420 / HP Z620 or/and Dell Precision M-series laptop workstation with a solid video and DisplayPort or HDMI outputs. Very solid build quality and well thought out architecture and topology. Cablefree everything, super easy access, like Macs of the early 1990s :)
 
On the other hand you can trade with a good old Commodore 64 from your basement and still make tons of money!

After all, legendary trader Jesse Livermore did not need a high end computer to make a fortune :p

commodore-64.jpg
 
Could you please list me the total specs as i mentioned

Actually my work is
1) Trading
2) Other business/official works
3) Entertainment / Gaming

Now i would need a system that i could connect 4-5 monitors, to do multitasking.
One monitor would just Technical Charts etc..
Another one my trading account. and Forex Rates
Another one to do chatting/other official works.

So i need something Fast, that during my work process, nothing lags or slows down.

I will be having Fast Internet Speed as well, to help me in Quick process too. It would be Fiber Dedicated Speed..

Kindly list me the Specs you think is best.. Also do check if the motherboard i install now, am i able to install new latest Intel processors (upcoming) ones?

Thanks
 
xelite777 said:
On the other hand you can trade with a good old Commodore 64 from your basement and still make tons of money!

After all, legendary trader Jesse Livermore did not need a high end computer to make a fortune :p

commodore-64.jpg
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Wow, you got the hi-zoo storage instead of cassette tape. The rig pictured cost twice as much new than trading systems recommended by Mr Scat in countless posts here in the EliteTrader forum that are perfectly capable for 80% of us who just want to trade, not build hardware. Not that there's anything wroong with that.
 
philipjb said:
Someone told me these Specs. Please advise your suggestion

Processor: Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition
Board: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32 GB
GPU: 3x Nvidia's GTX Tiatn Blacks
Supply: Corsair AX 1200 Watt
Storage: 2x 512 GB Samsung 840 Pro's in RAID + 2x 4TB WD Blacks
Case: Corsair 900D or Cosmos Ultra

Please advise id the above is best to go for ?
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I would just buy from these guys (unless want to build one for the learning experience):

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/

They have a high reputation for quality. I'd crunched the number and found they cost pretty much the same as building one of their rigs yourself with the same parts. Taking into account buying the parts as cheaply as you can from discount vendors. The worse case being you just end up paying around $100 more.
 
philipjb said:
Hello Friends,
Please help me out, as i am planning to build a high top notch trading computer.

My Plan is to have two PCs or basically one.
One basically for Gaming / Entertainment Purpose.

Another is purely Trading and work purpose - connecting 4 monitors

Someone told me these Specs. Please advise your suggestion

Processor: Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition
Board: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32 GB
GPU: 3x Nvidia's GTX Tiatn Blacks
Supply: Corsair AX 1200 Watt
Storage: 2x 512 GB Samsung 840 Pro's in RAID + 2x 4TB WD Blacks
Case: Corsair 900D or Cosmos Ultra

Please advise id the above is best to go for ?

I see Intel is also launching new Processor, so with the above mentioned Board, am i able to change easily
http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyl...-fantastic-new-processors-for-pc-enthusiasts/

Thanks.
More...

A computer with those specs would be more than adequate for trading. Regarding the i7 4960, I don't think it's worth the price relative to it's performance. The i7 4930 is more than half the price and comes close to it's performance. Here is a benchmark for high-end Intel cpus http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

If you are looking for a builder, I highly recommend Puget systems http://www.pugetsystems.com

They built a custom trading computer for me last year that I am very pleased with.

Here is the thread chronicling my build

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?t=260199
 
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