Need advice for new trading computer

Quote from Bolimomo:

No need to be overly harsh. mgookin is a regular here and often makes good contributions.

It is from a price-point perspective that I would, too, advocate using 2 x PCIx16 to drive 4 monitors.

Yes sure you can pick up the Eyefinity card. 1 card drives 4. 1 card drives 6. Maybe even 1 card drives 24. Whatever. But at what price? That should be a consideration.

I will pick up a cheap 8400 GS for $20 (2 monitors each) at any time.
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You know, price wise - I would love to get my hands on a some more 5770 Eyefinity 5 (no joke -that one was around). They were cheap, had ample power and 1gb memory - good enough for driving that. Sadly they are not to be found anywhere.

Those not o be found, I have a couple of 6970 here - about half a dozen, that i use for various purposes. What you forget is that with the advent of modern technology, those cards also can be used for number crunching ;) But Dual PCIex 16 should be standard now - most decent motherboards support that, even on Micro ATX ;)
 
Quote from NetTecture:

> If you want four screens, you need 2x pcie x16 slots

Really? Whow. Can you come here and explain that to the computer I have that has ONE graphics card capable of running 6 monitors? Please. Because I think that must be some sort of secret military project, you know. Or you just are a clueless troll?

AMD Eyefinity 6 - cards capable of driving 6 monitors, stock. If you CAN manage to get a 5770 then not even that expensive, but - sadly not that new. And newer ones with 6 slots are high end.

Also if the card has DIsplayPort... one DisplayPort port can drive more than one screen.

Alternatively you are left with higher end cards:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131474

Care to look at the nice 6 mini-displayport outputs?

So much for you need 2 cards for 4 monitors. 2 cards drive 12 (!) monitors. Not 4.
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OP was looking at two different systems - $800 & $850 for a "trading computer". Instead of selecting one that has two pcie x16 slots you want to direct him to a $500 gpu?

Feel free to talk to your own computer all you want but I'll decline the invitation. BTW - there are self help books you can get to help you with that and your other issues.
 
Quote from mgookin:

BTW - there are self help books you can get to help you with that and your other issues.
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My only issue isan isiot like you - seriously. You are a prime example of what goes bad these days with the education system.

A 5870 Eyefinity 6 should not be that expensive on ebay. A 5770 Eyefinity 5 would be better but is damn rare ;)

THe OP amount of money already was dismissed as too low anyway.
 
Was curious what was currently available for a system build

Put together a little shopping list for a quick system [$1,500]

Basic case for reference -personal choice [I have plenty cases to use lying around]
ivy bridge i7
Asus Motherboard z77 lga 1155 [only looked as Asus, have had 100% positive experience with them]
modular 650 watt psu [don't like fighting the octopus]
16gb ram
Intel SSD for op system [is an auto buy for me]
2T green drive for data, photo, music [for reference] have stacks of HDD's in inventory
2 ea. nvidia graphic cards to drive 4 ea. 30" monitors
Win7 64bit pro
Optical drive

I believe this system may be overbuild for a trading system, one could easily save money by going i5/sandy bridge
"it lowers price for cpu & mobo", 8gb RAM, purchase previous gen 80GB SSD, 500gb data HDD, etc...

But I prefer to buy newer technology...
 

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Quote from wilddog:

I just bought a T5500 from the Dell Outlet for $1239, Specs below:

Intel Xeon Dual Quad Core E5620 Processor (2.4GHz,4M L3, 5.86GT/s)
Thermal Heat Sink for 2 Processor
12 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz (6 DIMMs)
500 GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (7200 RPM) w/ NCQ and 16MB DataBurst Cache
500 GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (7200 RPM) 2nd Drive w/ NCQ and 16MB DataBurst Cache
2 GB AMD FirePro V7900
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer (D) Sound Card
16X DVD +/- RW Drive
Genuine Windows 7 Professional (64 bit)

Keep checking the outlet, there are real bargains
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How many 16 lane PCI-E slots that thing have?
 
Quote from NetTecture:

My only issue isan isiot like you - seriously. You are a prime example of what goes bad these days with the education system.

A 5870 Eyefinity 6 should not be that expensive on ebay. A 5770 Eyefinity 5 would be better but is damn rare ;)

THe OP amount of money already was dismissed as too low anyway.
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Easy on the tirade there - it's only a discussion. Your opinion is well known by now. If you're going to criticize education, you may want to reconsider writing things like isan isiot. If you choose to shop on eBay and pay $350 for a surprise box of whatever, have at it.
 
Quote from chaykapwr:

Guys, I have two options (unless the third option which is an entirely different machine is the majority choice) and I was wondering if you think the specs/price make this a good deal. My big concern is one comes with the i7 3770 but with an integrated video card (I hear bad things about them) or an i7 2700 with a 2gb GeForce GT430.
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Just an FYI . . .

Nvidia GeForce video cards are no longer supported by Nvidia's (free) desktop software called NView... which allows the user to stretch his trading software across multiple monitors. If you have a Windows 7 based OS, you need to purchase an Nvidia based graphics card that is of the Quadro series, ie.) NVS-295, NVS-300.
 
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