The mini desktops

blueraincap · Aug 14, 2015

Hello, I am interested in using a mini desktop with size similar to Dell Alien.
I bought a Lenovo Tiny M92 and it is really really slow. I can't even use it for regular web search, it takes 5 seconds to respond to my mouse click.

I think I wont risk trying another lenovo.
I am now considering Dell Micro OptiPlex. Does anyone have experience using it for trading?
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/optiplex-3020m-desktop/pd?ref=PD_OC

JTrades · Aug 15, 2015

Which CPU did you have in the Lenovo?

DESCRIPTION THINKCENTRE M92P TINY DESKTOP
Processor

3rd generation Intel® Core™ i5-3470T Processor
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i3-2120T Processor
Intel® Pentium™ G630T/G530T
Intel® Celeron™ G460

There's a big difference between the i5 and the Celeron.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=682&cmp[]=824

And which CPU would you go for with the Dell? Looks like there's a choice of 10 configurations.

Celeron G460 (Lenovo) vs Celeron G1840T (Dell 1/10) vs i5-4590T (Dell 10/10)

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=682&cmp[]=2512&cmp[]=2276

blueraincap · Aug 15, 2015

i am thinking i3-4160T

just21 · Aug 15, 2015

I have an Intel NUC. Great for trading. You can get a third party case to go fanless.

http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/nuc/overview.html

d08 · Aug 15, 2015

Built one myself using the Cooler Master 110. It's definitely bigger but then again it's a fully capable desktop with a dual fan, normal size GPU and can fit 2 drives (HDD or SSD). The quality and performance are ridiculously good for the price.

xandman · Aug 15, 2015

Check your motherboard. You might be able to just drop in a new CPU. Just make sure it is the right generation.

rsi80 · Aug 17, 2015

just21 said:
I have an Intel NUC. Great for trading. You can get a third party case to go fanless.

http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/nuc/overview.html

Hi, just21

Would you mind describing your hardware/trading setup?

Thanks!

just21 · Aug 18, 2015

Run up to three instances of IB tws mosaic on an 8gb i5 Intel Nuc with 128gb msata ssd. Going to upgrade to the skylake model by the end of the year to run a 4k monitor though the haswell version will do this as well.

just21 · Aug 21, 2015

The skylake Nuc will run three 4k monitors daisy chained off each other.

just21 · Aug 24, 2015

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9556/intel-launches-new-socketed-minipc-motherboards?

Another option slightly bigger than a NUC.