Pentium 4 800FSB is it worth it?

You guys seeing a big enough difference to justify the hefty cost?

 

just bought a new p4 3.2 with 800fsb.. 1gb ram.. and 2 19" Sonys.. its a screamer and im loving it..

-qwik

 

my current setup is a bit wobbly toward the end of a trading day and i suspect it has something to do with my motherboard or cpu not handling it. I have checked the cpu processes at times showing 100% usage ( though only temporarily but very persistent at that level)

xp2000+, 1.5gig ram, xp pro, 2 voodoo16mb + nvdia 8mb

any suggestion?

 

missing an arm or a leg somewhere?

 

fk it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i think i am going to stop being a tight mf and go out and buy myself something i deserve

 

i'm running an xp1700 and am totally fine with TWS and esignal on win2k...

 

Go to the Dell Refurbished "Outlet" Site and find yourself a "one-month" old P4 2.60 at 800 FSB and 512 mb of RAM for $775.00

Comes with the same warranty as the new ones.
Spend another $120 and get yourself 2 more 256mb modules of RAM to get up to 1 Full Gig.

Good Luck!

 

What model did you get?

Thx.

mktman

 

personally, i think computing power has expanded way beyond software needs, especially for daytrading.

I'm using a pentium3 1.0 ghz, with 256 ram, and I've got IB, charts, streaming news, excel, island book, and about 7 ie windows open, and it runs just fine.

 

Htrader,

Depends on your charting program. I have to use MetaStockRT on a seperate computer because it max'd my 2.4GHz CPU! Using the same charts with NeoTicker rarely uses more than 50% on the same computer.

BTW: Best to have your broker program on a seperate computer without email or even browsing. I got one of those hacking viruses that record your keystrokes...not a good idea to have a stanger trading for you!! Now I use PestPatrol every morning.