Quote from notouch:
ElectricSavant, no offence but I don't see why practically every hardware discussion has got to be hijacked by people shouting "you don't need that for trading". The point has been made, let it lie.
As for my "adviser" he's just a tech-savvie friend coming up with some ideas but I'd be happy to bin those ideas if anyone has better suggestions. There have already been some good suggestions that I'll look into.
I was going to buy this system but was advised against it due to the cheap motherboard. and RAM.
Just remember this, the 2 main causes of system instability are cheap ram and a cheap power supply, dont skimp on those 2 items, they are the key to stability