Will you be using something like the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation paired with the Dell FX100 Remote Access Device? Good luck with the transition!
Just regular 1U half depth i7 cases. Nothing special. The big dells I have now that are dual CPU are too valuble to replace so I will keep them for as long as possible. Most of the individual boxes will move over to racks, the bigger server/simulation boxes will stay as workstation for a while.
Computer hardware will not determine the degree to which you succeed in trading. Successful trading cannot be purchased from a technology retailer, and some may argue that it cannot be purchased at all.
have you found that the number - keypad leads to over trading, because of ease of entry and fewer steps to confirm a trade? whether emini trades, or equity trades after all, we're not on the floor of the exchange, handling agency business
Fewer steps? If you mean as opposed to normal entry in a platform where you select an instrument, then a type of order, then a price, then add bracket orders, etc., indeed, but I would say most people here (at least those trading futures) trade out of a DOM, BookTrader, call it what you want where you're only one click away from a trade, so in that regard, no, I don't think it leads to overtrading. I have found that, considering that most people end up introducing orders at the limit/ask +/- a tick or two, it leads to fewer entry errors. Still, if you're good, you're going to be good with most entry systems and viceversa. Good trading to you.