Building My Trading Rig (A Documentary)

[bighog]

Besides, it is silly to build a box with a 1600 hundred chip and a motherboard that costs close to $700 in the first place. In 2 years or less the newer 32 nm chips will be out along with some REAL improvements in the bus system, memory cache etc. Bigger pci transmission etc is what is needed NOT more cores in a chip. The software is no where close to taking advantage of even the dual core duo chips. heck build a dual cpu box for a lot less, water cool it and be good to go for 1/3 the price of a silly quad core, skulltrail whatever. ..

Tums, buy some fans ya cheapskate ..

 

[saxon22]

Shit! Buy a $500 machine and the rest .... spend it on an exotic vacation. I have forgotten how many computers have passed through my life, but I still see the images of Bora Bora every time I want to feel like I am in paradise.

BTW. If you trade futures, (I know big if), celeron with 1 gig of ram will do just fine.

 

[EllisWyatt]

Quote from bighog:

4 PCIE x16 slots is OVERKILL, i hope you are joking.

I ran 6 screens in windows 200k pro box with a dual AGP and 2 PCi dual head cards with zero problems, the box is still alive today but in in closet as a reserve.

A motherboard with 2 pciex16 slots and 3 pcix1 slots will handle anything you can throw at it......in my case of the new one just completed it has x16 slot, another called x16 slot but is actually a x4 slot and..........IF a x16 second card is installed in the so called second x16 slot the 3 slots for PCIX1 are null and void. How much juice would a 4 slot x16 require? .. :eek:

What the fan companies and or heatsink companies advertise might not be as good as you claim, it is your box so do as you wish................but be forewarned a single fan at low speed is gonna be trouble.......we all know fans at lower speeds have less CFM of air push but are quiet. BUT, how quiet is a death nail to your setup? I play on the safe side. YOU?

Quote from bighog:

it is silly to build a box with a 1600 hundred chip....In 2 years or less the newer 32 nm chips will be out...

bighog,

I can imagine that people feel like Carl Lewis at the Special Olympics when talking to you. Run another lap for the crowd, this time without smacking your own skull?

If a trader is running 8 monitors on four 2-port cards, then four PCIe slots are useful (not overkill). If he's running fewer monitors, like most, the extra PCIe slots are merely excess capacity in case of future need. An extra PCIe slot is not a big expense -- adds maybe $20 to the cost of the motherboard.

Anyway, none of this is really germane -- you're getting yourself all balled up over side comments. My little Intel response is just a side comment to the person who brought it up. As I say, the Intel is not a motherboard I recommend.

You have shown us all that you are an avid reader of various technology magazines and blurbs. Be careful of the reader's digest approach to learning. You do realize that not everyone relies on magazines, web sites, and other people's opinions for the facts? Some folks actually put stuff together and then test it. Your warning about what 'companies advertise' is irrelevant to people who do the work to get the facts. As it turns out, a 36 CFM case fan (plus the power supply fan) does the job nicely for this case/config. It is not a matter of saving money, but of creating a quiet work environment.

By the way, in "2 years or less" new technology is coming out so don't upgrade your "windows 200k box" just yet. roflmfao. thanks for that.

I love EliteTrader. Just when ya need a laugh, open up almost any thread and BAM! there ya go. Bring back bullz-n-bearz!!

 

[Tums]

The CPU

The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3GHz is a fast CPU. But at over $1,000 each, the price/performance is weak.

I would like to get the Q9300; it is the new 45nm processor. But the CPU is so new, nobody has one for sale.

So I settled for the Q6600.

<img src="http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1804411">

 

[JA_LDP]

Quote from EllisWyatt:

This configuration is designed so that only one case fan is needed to cool the entire system. No CPU fan, video fan, or other case fans are needed and thus it is silent.

I have 8 fans and mine runs dead quiet...5 case fans, a fan on the video card, psu and processor.

 

[Tums]

Quote from TIKITRADER:

Recently had this built. It is running perfect.
I am testing it out as is till I decide how I will change things. This setup ran $1400. complete with everything listed.
Had it built by a local small shop where I do a lot of business.

This was the best price I could find locally on this but maybe there are sites for gaming that can beat this.
http://www.velocitymicro.com/category.php?cid=12
http://www.widowpc.com/index.php
http://www.adkgaming.com/
http://www.stealthmachines.com/

Running multicharts, OEC data feed, even recording the day and cpu is low.

* 1 Asus P5N -E SLI motherbord

* 1- COOLMAST REAL POWER PRO 650W PS

* 1- INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q6600

* 1- WD 150 GB RAPTORX SATA 10K

* 1- ANTEC 900 ATX CASE

* 1- MS OEM WINXP PRO SP2C SB OEM CD

* 1- SAMSOEM SAM 20X DVD+RW

* 2 - CORSAIR 2X1GB XMS2 DDR2-800 CAS4

* 2 - EVGA E-GF 8600GT 256MB PCIE

This is still in progress, but I find it great as is.
I am running Fios into this for connection and the security suite that comes with Verizon.
So overkill yes, but completely ended all cpu problems in the past I had.
I wish you success on your challenge.
You will be very happy that you made the change.

this is a nice set up... this is similar to what I have in mind.

 

[nkhoi]

The most impressive site that you will feast your eyes on when you first see the Antec 900, is the gigantic 200mm exhaust fan on top!

indeed!

 

[lwlee]

Not too shabby. I haven't kept up the latest tech for a while.

I like the REV loader. Would be even better if it can become a virtual disk rather 8 discreet drives a la Drobo. Also the 70gb disks would be even better if you could do your own disk upgrades. I hate getting lock up with Iomega proprietary technology. A lot of their other stuff have come and gone.

Quote from EllisWyatt:
For backup, would recommend Iomega 70GB REV drives/disks. These are essentially very small (fit in shirt pocket) removeable hard drives.

 

[nkhoi]

trading machine recomm by Dell guy;



Item Number Quantity Item Description


222-9440
1 XPS 720, Intel Core2 processorQ6600 (2.40Ghz,1066FSB) w/QuadCore Technology and 8MB cache
311-8011
1 3GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz-2X1GB/2X512MB
310-7963
1 Dell USB Keyboard
320-4849
1 Video ready option w/o monitor
320-5582
1 DUAL 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS
341-4829
1 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ DataBurst Cache
341-4401
1 3.5in Floppy Drive
420-5586
1 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005,English
310-8617
1 Thank you for choosing Dell
420-4927
1 Windows Media Player 10
420-5769
1 Internet Search and Portal
412-0688
1 Image Restore
420-5924
1 Icon Consolidation Application
420-7142
1 Resource DVD, XPS 720
420-7622
1 DELL SUPPORT CENTER 2.0
412-1054
1 Turbine Lord of the Rings Online,XPS
310-7966
1 Dell Optical USB Mouse
313-3607
1 No modem requested for Dell Dimension
420-7468
1 ADOBE ACROBAT READER 8.1 DIM/INSP
313-4339
1 No Optical Drive
313-5447
1 16X DVD+R/RW CD-RW Combination Drive
420-7205
1 Power DVD 7.0
420-7206
1 6 Channel,Dolby,PDVD,7.0
420-7207
1 Roxio Creator Basic
313-2758
1 Integrated Audio
313-4514
1 No Speaker Requested
420-6917
1 Trend Micro PC-cillin InternetSecurity, English, 15-Month Subscription
461-3063
1 No ISP Requested
412-0912
1 MS WORKS 8.5
950-3338
1 2 Year Limited Warranty
412-0360
1 Soft Contracts - Banctec
902-0931
1 Warranty Support,1 Year Extended
960-8700
1 Warranty Support,Initial Year
960-6031
1 Type 3 - Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, 1 Year Extended
987-0778
1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Extended Year(s)
982-9360
1 Type 3 - Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
987-0777
1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year
960-2697
1 XPS Specialized Support, DHS
464-9572 1 No Entertainment software pre-installed
310-8591 1 You have chosen a Windows XP System
420-7091 1 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS
420-7285 1 Datasafe Online 10GB,1 Year Free
987-7449 1 XPS,Datasafe 10GB,1YR(Incl w/price)
988-0099 1 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs, DataSafe Online
330-0172 1 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Desktops
* -DISCOUNT/COUPON APPLIED




Subtotal: $1,978.00
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Tax: $153.34
Environmental Disposal Fee: $0.00

Total Price w/Discounts: $2,131.34

 

[gnome]

Thats quite a "recommendation".

You can get what your NEED for trading for a more reasonable $600, or even less. (Last summer, I bought a new Dimension 9200 with C2D, 2G of RAM, 2, dualhead video cards, etc... for $400.)