Trading Computer! Need a little help..

[Fujinna]

So..
First of and to be honest the only think that matters: how much processing power do I really need?
We are talking on a 1 year already tarder and continuing on.
Is AMD enought? Or do I need an intel one?

Fx-6300
Fx-8350..?
i5-4670..?
i5-4670k..?
i7-4770..?
i7-4770k..?
or even a xeon?

RAM? 16GB?

GPU? 7770? Something else?

I am just not sure... anyone who uses one for trading?

 

[mfenn]

It really depends on what kind of analyses you do locally. If you're just drawing charts, anything reasonable is fine (i3 4130, FX-6300). If you're running some heavy analysis, you want a much bigger CPU, all the way up to a 6-core Xeon if your analyses are intensive enough.

 

[JackMDS]

As a frame of ref. from two years ago - http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/4...-getting-the-best-setup-in-a-trading-computer



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[Fujinna]

It really depends on what kind of analyses you do locally. If you're just drawing charts, anything reasonable is fine (i3 4130, FX-6300). If you're running some heavy analysis, you want a much bigger CPU, all the way up to a 6-core Xeon if your analyses are intensive enough.

Considering that, if I go in between (I will be useing heavier programs than Colmex Expert) and find a nice settlement with up to 4 monitors, how is that:

Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0
Corsair CP-9020059-EU CX500 Modular
Asus M5A97 R2.0
AMD Eight Core FX-Series 8350
Zalman CNPS5X
WD Caviar Green 2TB
Corsair 16GB DDR3 1600MHz
Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 260X OC 2GB GDDR5

 

[vbuggy]

I don't know exactly what the guy in that blog's doing, but it depends on the complexity of your models. I would say the quicker your models compute, the better to be honest - so my general baseline right now would be an E5-1650V2. I'd also go for a fast single SSD for everything you normally do, or a R1 SSD array if you want continuity (not a backup).

Baseline machine I / my business generally buys for these kind of needs is the HP Z420 / Dell Precision T3610.

 

[mfenn]

Considering that, if I go in between (I will be useing heavier programs than Colmex Expert) and find a nice settlement with up to 4 monitors, how is that:

Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0
Corsair CP-9020059-EU CX500 Modular
Asus M5A97 R2.0
AMD Eight Core FX-Series 8350
Zalman CNPS5X
WD Caviar Green 2TB
Corsair 16GB DDR3 1600MHz
Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 260X OC 2GB GDDR5

This build has some issues:

1. Your models will deal with floating point numbers, so AMD only makes sense at the extreme budget end because their floating point performance is behind Intels. I'd definitely go with an Intel given the price range it seems you're targeting.
2. Having a "Green" drive as your system drive is just asking for the computer to feel slow. Definitely get an SSD. Given that all you need to run is your trading software, even a single 120GB drive should be plenty.
3. You don't need a high-powered GPU. All your really need is something that can drive your monitors. Speaking of which, what kind of inputs do your monitors have?
4. Based on the model number of your PSU, I'm going to guess that you're not in the US. Can you update your post with the answers to these questions?

 

[vbuggy]

... and unless he's going to OC the [censored] out of it, going to put in a 4x3 display capable setup or other typically T1-unsupported solution, why is he building a trading rig?

 

[Torn Mind]

As far as GPU is concerned, what matters first is how many monitors your going to run, and then seeing how many ports and what type of ports the GPU has.