Please Help Me Build 12 Monitor System
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All I'm going to say is that if you don't put pics in this thread or the "trading stations" thread I'm never replying to your PMs again 
Really cool that you pulled the trigger. You'll LOVE those six-core 5600 Xeon CPUs. Even at lower clock the things are so robust its literally adding an extra quad-core CPU to your machine. You have more than 3x what the average trader has in their desktop between L2 cache, RAM, HDD/SSD and the benefit of hyperthreadding.
That's it - you won't hear another word from me without pics of 12-mon setup!
Really cool that you pulled the trigger. You'll LOVE those six-core 5600 Xeon CPUs. Even at lower clock the things are so robust its literally adding an extra quad-core CPU to your machine. You have more than 3x what the average trader has in their desktop between L2 cache, RAM, HDD/SSD and the benefit of hyperthreadding.
That's it - you won't hear another word from me without pics of 12-mon setup!
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All I'm going to say is that if you don't put pics in this thread or the "trading stations" thread I'm never replying to your PMs again
Really cool that you pulled the trigger. You'll LOVE those six-core 5600 Xeon CPUs. Even at lower clock the things are so robust its literally adding an extra quad-core CPU to your machine. You have more than 3x what the average trader has in their desktop between L2 cache, RAM, HDD/SSD and the benefit of hyperthreadding.
That's it - you won't hear another word from me without pics of 12-mon setup!
Yes, sir.
With the help of many people on ET, I was actually all set to go with following i-7 Desktop Configuration but was really nervous because I have never built a system. Then you guys came to rescue & suggested to try Dell Precision workstation with 21 day free trial & you WinstonTJ cleared up the confusion of 4 PCIe x16 slots as well as building a finest & extremely powerful Precision machine from barebone for almost half the price which opened up future possibilty of building such trading machines rather than buying from Dell & I am very grateful to all of you. You guys are the best.
I still have lots of work to do to build a desk for 12 monitors & will need your help & I am starting a separate thread for it so please give me your suggestions & again many thanks in advance for helping me build a suitable desk too.
Here are the Final specs of both machines for you guys to comment & help others who would like to build an 8 to 12 Monitor system :
I-7 System :
Intel i-7-2600K 3.4 GHz Processor
Asus WS Revolution motherboard with 4 PCIe x16 slots
16 GB G Skill Ripjaws OR Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 RAM
760 Watt Seasonic Gold Modular power supply
Corsair Obsidian Series 650D (CC650DW-1) case
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Dell Precision T5500 System :
Single Intel Xeon E5645 2.4 GHz LGA 1366
Intel 5520 Chipset & Dell MOBO with 4 PCIe x16 slots
Integrated Broadcom 5761 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
12 GB (6x2 GB) DDR3 RDIMM Memory, 1333MHz, ECC
500 GB SATA (7200RPM) Hard Disk Drive
Windows-7 64 bit ( Ultimate )
Still any comments welcome.
Here's some inspiration..
Buddy was hired to help assemble this trading station a few years back... if you look closely, there's 4 monitors embedded in the desk that point up at you through a glass surface.
Edit: Oh, that's also all running off a single computer. This is one of 9x Media's old installs.
Wait a tic... this looks exactly like the setup I just posted...
Where'd you find this pic? I think it's the same computer... (same wall, same setup, same chair even)
AHAHA... I just did some digging around.. and sure enough it's Mastro's setup.
Small world. My friend helped assemble his systems..
Small world. My friend helped assemble his systems..
No I'm totally curious as well! We discussed it briefly via PM but even after exchanging a few PMs I'm not 100% what these will be for.
I know OP said that he's looking to build one and if it works out he'll need SEVERAL of these systems... So I 100% want pictures of a trading floor (or whatever he's building) with multiple 12-monitor setups.