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ksmetana

Registered: May 2010
Posts: 507

08-07-12 01:51 AM

Thanks for the input. I read somewhere that SSD can increase your performance by 30%!

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Bolimomo

Registered: Sep 2008
Posts: 2262

08-07-12 01:58 AM

Quote from ksmetana:

Thanks for the input. I read somewhere that SSD can increase your performance by 30%!

Yes. But that's the disk I/O speed performance increase. Not necessarily your whole throughput.

The question is: how much disk I/O does your trading app do when the market is open? For some apps, it may not be a significant portion.

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ksmetana

Registered: May 2010
Posts: 507

08-08-12 12:14 AM

Going to get a 60 GB Corsair Force GT SSD today, I will install Windows 64 bit on it.

Any recommendations on a video card(s) for a 4 monitor setup??

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Bolimomo

Registered: Sep 2008
Posts: 2262

08-08-12 12:41 AM

Quote from ksmetana:

Any recommendations on a video card(s) for a 4 monitor setup??

Your motherboard has 2 PCIe 3.0 x16 and 1 PCIe 2.0 x16.

You can get a couple of these inexpensive 8400 GS (made by EVGA or PNY Technologies or MSI). The current model has 1 GB RAM. Older ones had 512MB or 256MB RAM. Doesn't matter much for trading. Older = cheaper. 1 card = 2 monitors. 2 cards = 4 monitors. (Your onboard video may be disabled as you insert an external video card)

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-...R/dp/B004BQKQ8A

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ..._-pla-_-NA-_-NA

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ksmetana

Registered: May 2010
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08-08-12 01:05 AM

Thanks, those are definitely cost effective, but shouldn't I take advantage of my PCIe 3.0?

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Bolimomo

Registered: Sep 2008
Posts: 2262

08-08-12 05:19 AM

Quote from ksmetana:

Thanks, those are definitely cost effective, but shouldn't I take advantage of my PCIe 3.0?

For trading, even the speed of the graphics processor nor the onboard memory are that relevant. Nor would the new features in PCIe 3.0.

You buy bleeding edge technologies, you will be paying for what you don't need. It's the "buying a Ferrari to deliver pizza" thing.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ICE&PageSize=20

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