Be aware that putting together your own custom machine may introduce intermittent errors due to incompatibility issues...no matter how great your parts are, if they have not been burned-in for long testing period of times, you never know whether you will run into problems down the line...if you are going to use the tower for trading, I suggest going with something more reliable like a Dell or something...they burn test their machine before selling and guarantee compatibility.
Yes - but there are plenty of "local" server shops that specialize in a particular maker [in my case SuperMicro] that have been puting these systems together for businesses for a long time. This gives you the added experience of the shop with many customers. Most of these do 24-48 hour burning tests...The only problem I have encountered in the whole of this is with Chip Sets and multi-monitor cards...Almost no one seems to do beta testing on that mix... nitro
Thanks Nitro, that's good info for me just to know which vendor to go with even if I'm just thinking about getting computers for the kids. Those games they play is pretty CPU intensive now!
I posted in my own thread, but haven't gotten any responses. Have any of you heard of the Trader's PC? I don't want the hassle of putting together my computer on my own, not even sure if I can, since I want a notebook computer. I was hoping to get some outside opinions before I call them. I also like the idea of having a warranty to back me up. Thanks, James
I trade on an iMac at home, it's a G3-500mhz running Jaguar. The TWS from IB works flawlessly on it, and OS X hasn't crashed in over a year (basically since 10.1). In my experience, Apple's are just fine for trading, as long as you are on NeXTSTEP, er I mean OS X
I wouldn't trust Ebay unless its from a reputable distributor trying to clear surplus stock. That scenario never happens, because you never have current stock that's surplus, you simply buy on consiginment and only sell what's prepaid for on the ordering process. That's called just in time marketing. Dell is the master at this. Buying a sophisticated electronic component at the swap meet is dangerous, especially since you're using this for profit generaion, and its the crux of your display monitor setup, and even more so, when you have dual / multiple monitors.