Dell Precision T5400- look good?

quanttrade99z

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Does this system look good for to use for stock trading where speed and stability are important? Good idea to go with XEON? Would you change anything: Thanks!
CPU fast enough?
Would I be better off not getting a server? I just want things to run fast and be stable!
Thanks!


Dell Precision T5400




Date 7/10/2008 8:11:34 PM Central Standard Time

Catalog Number 4 Retail 04



Catalog Number / Description Product Code Qty SKU Id



Dell Precision Workstation T5400:
Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5420 (2.50GHz, 2X6M L2,1333) T525 1 [223-4595] 1


Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Business Bonus-Windows® XP Professional loaded XP3VBDP 1 [467-4318] 11


Hardware Support Services:
3 Year Limited Hardware Warranty with Next Business Day On-Site Service Q3YOS 1 [984-8020][988-8377][988-8388][984-1382][991-2878] 29


Graphic Cards:
256MB PCIe x16 nVidia NVS 290, Dual Monitor DVI Capable NV290 1 [320-5864] 6


Chassis Configuration and 1394:
Mini-Tower Chassis Configuration MT 1 [313-5871] 15


Memory:
4GB, DDR2 SDRAM FBD Memory, 667MHz, ECC (4 DIMMS) 4G4E6 1 [311-7681] 3


CD-ROM, DVD, and Read-Write Devices:
16X DVD+/-RW w/ Cyberlink PowerDVD? and Roxio Creator? Dell Ed DVRW16 1 [313-5709][420-7980][420-8857] 16


Hard Drive Configuration:
C1 All SATA drives, Non-RAID, 1 drive total configuration SATA1 1 [341-5335] 9


Boot Hard Drive:
500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s,7200 RPM Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst Cache? 500ST 1 [341-5355] 8


Monitors:
No Monitor NMN 1 [320-3316] 5


Resource DVD:
Resource DVD - Contains Diagnostics and Drivers RDVD 1 [313-5659] 21


Labels:
Vista Premium Sticker VPDGRD 1 [310-9161] 750


Keyboard:
USB Entry Quietkey, No Hot Keys U 1 [310-7949] 4


Mouse:
Dell USB 2-Button Mechanical Mouse with Scroll ELD 1 [310-7959] 12


Floppy Drive and Media Card Reader Options:
No Floppy Drive NFD 1 [341-3429] 10


Speakers:
No Speaker option NSPKR 1 [313-2663] 18


Installation Services:
No Onsite System Setup NOINSTL 1 [900-9987] 32





 

DaveSimmons

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What programs are you running?

How much extra are you paying for the Xeon over a regular core quad Q6600? (I've had a Dell Vostro 400 at work for a month and it's fine so far.)