Building My Trading Rig (A Documentary)

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I used to very much be in the tech scene. Built my fair share of machines going back to the 80286!

But the BS with the little details that would take up HOURS of my time to get the machine running, I felt it wasn't worth it in the end.

You don't really save any money and most time it will definitely cost much more in time and effort.
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The new components are PnP, autoconfig, console managed.
All the drivers are downloadable online.

Help is only a click away on the internet.
There is minimal headache involved.
 
I've got to admit, I'm getting the urge to build a kick ass machine. My Dell 9150 is still going strong but all this talk of 10k RPM HD and 1333Mhz FSB makes me think I can build a screamer.

Quick someone show me another BSOD so I can fight the temptation.
 
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The Western Digital Raptor 10,000 RPM drives are excellent storage devices.

10,000 RPM drives are useful for intensive I/O situations. e.g. media streaming, database server, etc.

For my purpose, especially with VISTA caching and file indexing, 10K drive do not offer any disk access advantages.
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Very true.
 
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Ingredients of a Good Computer

One last picture before I throw the boxes away.

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Ingredients of a Good Computer

One last picture before I throw the boxes away.
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That is great !! LOL

I knew I forgot something major when I built my computer !
 
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It only took 4 hours to install the OS, load the various drivers, updates...

then... WTF !?!

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I called what New York Magazince rated as "the best computer repair shop in NYC", described the components to them and asked what they would charge to put it together. They quoted me $ 250 total, said it would take about a day... so very reasonable I thought... I see no reason why I would not let the pros handle this.... time is valuable, and they test it before they give it to you. I might just duplicate your rig exactly- thanks for the information and research!
 
Quote from lwlee:

I've got to admit, I'm getting the urge to build a kick ass machine. My Dell 9150 is still going strong but all this talk of 10k RPM HD and 1333Mhz FSB makes me think I can build a screamer.

Quick someone show me another BSOD so I can fight the temptation.
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You don't have to play games to enjoy a kick ass machine. Just watching Google Earth fly through your screen can bring tears to your eyes.
 
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