Chip speed needed for trading?

Quote from IanMacQuaide:


If that speed seems "light", what would you reccomend for 1 or 2 Futures contracts, intraday?
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It seems that in your case, just about anything will work fine. Go for it! :)
 
Quote from WinstonTJ:

http://www.brownbox.com/gateway-dx4...al-core-i3-2120-8gb-1-5tb-hdmi-802-11n-dvdrw/

Call them up and ask for the SX-2855 model. It's not listed on the website but they have two left in stock, just ask. I just bought 7 of them and I'm pretty impressed.

They are like $269 shipped.

It's the same i3 but only 4gb RAM and a 1TB HDD. Not bad for $269.
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I appreciate your suggestion, as well as your expertise, but I need a Mini PC for portability.
I'll wait a few weeks and see what comes out on the Mkts, since it changes so fast now.
 
You can fit that (or other small form factor) inside a carry on rolling suitcase with 2-3 19" square monitors. If you read my post I linked the site but said to go for the SX series. SX 2855 is what I bought.
 
Quote from WinstonTJ:

You can fit that (or other small form factor) inside a carry on rolling suitcase with 2-3 19" square monitors. If you read my post I linked the site but said to go for the SX series. SX 2855 is what I bought.
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Thank you for the good info.:) Not quite ready, laptop is still working, but I'll check into it.
 
Ian you should be telling us the answer. I have i7's and duals cores. One dual core is 2.2 running Vista and I can't see any difference compared to an
i7 3.4 running W7 once everything is running.

Before the dual cores I had P4's 800Mhz running the same software and I still can't see any difference to the P4 once it is all running and that is with a load of charts, many of which are below 1 min.

Sierra is very low on resources and it depends on the applications you run. Look at your system resources and if you have plenty of overhead and everything is working well then if it's not broken...
 
Quote from Xspurt:

Ian you should be telling us the answer. I have i7's and duals cores. One dual core is 2.2 running Vista and I can't see any difference compared to an
i7 3.4 running W7 once everything is running.

Before the dual cores I had P4's 800Mhz running the same software and I still can't see any difference to the P4 once it is all running and that is with a load of charts, many of which are below 1 min.

Sierra is very low on resources and it depends on the applications you run. Look at your system resources and if you have plenty of overhead and everything is working well then if it's not broken...
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Good point. Tomorrow I'll hit Ctrl/Alt/Del and see what my resources are.
 
Quote from IanMacQuaide:

Good point. Tomorrow I'll hit Ctrl/Alt/Del and see what my resources are.
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Yup.
That should give you a pretty clear indication of whether or not your hardware resources are being under pressure or not.

I think that for most of us, our software trading platforms run pretty darn "thin" and don't take up much in the way of resources.

HOWEVER, as soon as you open up your web-browser to load a web-page.... all bets are off.

You will see your "resources" under heavy demand.

Windows 7 has a handy little "gadget" that shows the percentage of processor and memory resources being used. Looks like two tachometer dials and is a nice little widget to have on your desktop to reference from time to time. Saves you from having to open up your Task Manager with the proverbial "Ctrl/Alt/Delete"
 
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