Ideal specs for daytrading PC

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torewy

Hi all,

I'd be grateful for suggestions for ideal specs for a daytrading PC. I just did an online test of my current PC's speed, and it performed poorly - especially the graphics card. I just upgraded my internet connection to 1,000 Mbps, and would like a computer that has a lot more muscle, although I'm hoping not to spend more than $2500. Thank you.
 
torewy said:
Hi all,

I'd be grateful for suggestions for ideal specs for a daytrading PC. I just did an online test of my current PC's speed, and it performed poorly - especially the graphics card. I just upgraded my internet connection to 1,000 Mbps, and would like a computer that has a lot more muscle, although I'm hoping not to spend more than $2500. Thank you.
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You don't need 1000 Mpbs, even 10 is plenty.

You also don't need a $2500 desktop, a refurbished desktop that costs around $500 is enough.

I spend $150 on my backup which is a refurbished HP and it does everything perfectly fine, it has an i5 3570 with 8 gb of ram, more than enough for trading.

I do have another system but i also do some heavy photo and video editing, otherwise i wouldn't even have a better PC than the refurbished HP since it would be overkill.
 
torewy said:
For what it’s worth, I use ThinkorSwim and I notice my watchlists are pretty slow in updating.
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been awhile but good chance a lot of that is TOS. Perhaps watch some YouTube videos and compare speed of their setup.
 
torewy said:
Intel i5-8400T, 170 ghz. 32 GB of RAM, and a graphics card that apparently is crap. ;)
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That really should be more than enough for trading!

I am not sure what kind of specs TOS requires but i can run Multicharts, SierraChart or TWS perfectly fine on my refurbished HP without any problems.

Maybe there is another issue going on?
 
torewy said:
Hi all,

I'd be grateful for suggestions for ideal specs for a daytrading PC. I just did an online test of my current PC's speed, and it performed poorly - especially the graphics card. I just upgraded my internet connection to 1,000 Mbps, and would like a computer that has a lot more muscle, although I'm hoping not to spend more than $2500. Thank you.
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What are the computer specs that your broker state you need (minimum) to operate their trade execution platform ?

wrbtrader
 
when you turn on your system for 1st time in the morning what else do you open up and close, Emails ? Newspapers Forums, FB, Instagram ? All those ancillary items opened and closed eat up performance. Wondering what is your cpu and ram use when it first turns on and then after you open TOS.
 
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