TRADING PC SETUP

[Spiretec]

Hello everyone. 

 

So my relative needs a new PC for trading. I don't have much knowledge on the requirements for trading/stock etc applications. He sent me a prebuilt PC link costing around 2000 $ish with an i7 6700k (with watercooling) and a really high end MoBo. While no budget has been set I am sure that a cheaper non overkill build, without having to cut any corners in performance would be preferred. They require a 3 monitor setup ( also please recoomend some 21-23 inch monitors). They do a lot of photo editing too but no gaming.

 

So can anyone recommend me a self built better PC at the same/lesser price than this?

 http://eztradingcomputers.net/desktop-trading-computers/  ( the  ULTRA-ZX EZ TRADING COMPUTER one)

 

Thank you in advance

[suchamoneypit]

I think a i5 would suffice, honestly I think more monitors and a good internet connection are more important. 
 

Those pre-builts look bad. $1500 for a PC with a 6700 and a 120GB SSD? They won't even tell you want GPU is going in it, so there is like a $600-800 gray area. wtf does "8 monitor support" mean? Are they just gonna throw in 2-3 $50 GPUs for the outputs and then charge you $1000 more? I would never buy a PC when they won't tell you whats in it.

[79wjd]

For a "trading" computer, a literal potato with good internet is perfect. For editing, well, it depends on how serious the editing is. If it's very light photo editing, then even an i3 is enough.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($191.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($39.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GT 730 1GB Video Card  ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $450.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-12 14:35 EST-0500

[aisle9]

Those all look like absolute overpriced junk. "Thermaltake power supply" means a TR-2 time bomb is being placed into your $4,000 6950X PC.

 

Honestly, I don't see anything there that looks any more appealing than this for what you want to do:

http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-8900-desktop/pd?ref=215_img&oc=cai8900w10pb104&model_id=xps-8900-desktop

 

That alone should more than do it.

[THFourteen]

Mmmm I don't think you need to spend $2k on a computer to use Bloomberg and a few spreadsheets on!

 

What apps exactly does he want to use? Check the system requirements for those apps. 

[19_blackie_73]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock 2 51.4 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($37.90 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($103.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($93.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($94.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($119.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $862.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-12 14:40 EST-0500

 

if you really want i7: 1200$ cheaper, and I threw in a 1050 just for more monitor connectivity, so basically 1300$ cheaper than the prebuilt.

[robotsalad]

14 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Those all look like absolute overpriced junk. "Thermaltake power supply" means a TR-2 time bomb is being placed into your $4,000 6950X PC.

 

Honestly, I don't see anything there that looks any more appealing than this for what you want to do:

http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-8900-desktop/pd?ref=215_img&oc=cai8900w10pb104&model_id=xps-8900-desktop

 

That alone should more than do it.

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[Energycore]

36 minutes ago, Spiretec said:

Hello everyone. 

 

So my relative needs a new PC for trading. I don't have much knowledge on the requirements for trading/stock etc applications. He sent me a prebuilt PC link costing around 2000 $ish with an i7 6700k (with watercooling) and a really high end MoBo. While no budget has been set I am sure that a cheaper non overkill build, without having to cut any corners in performance would be preferred. They require a 3 monitor setup ( also please recoomend some 21-23 inch monitors). They do a lot of photo editing too but no gaming.

 

So can anyone recommend me a self built better PC at the same/lesser price than this?

 http://eztradingcomputers.net/desktop-trading-computers/  ( the  ULTRA-ZX EZ TRADING COMPUTER one)

 

Thank you in advance

I don't know how exactly the stock trading workflow goes, so I'll focus on CPU power here. I'll also include a GPU with 3 DP connectors and 1 great IPS monitor for photo editing, plus two not as good ones for the rest.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($293.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($79.85 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.54 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($113.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC Q2778VQE 27.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($250.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC Q2778VQE 27.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($250.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ SW2700PT 27.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($599.00 @ B&H)
Total: $1900.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-12 15:11 EST-0500

 

The end result costs just below $2000, but a big part of the cost is the $600 monitor, which received the Editor's choice award over at tomshardware. The other two monitors weren't chosen for their performance, but because they were cheap and 1440p 27".

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/benq-sw2700pt-27-inch-qhd-professional-monitor,4374.html

[stconquest]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($368.99 @ SuperBiiz)  <<Could go to the 6800K for $50 more, not a big performance difference
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($174.24 @ Amazon)  <<might be overkill, note that quad channel memory is supported on this platform (X99 - 2011 V3)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.54 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: ATI FirePro W4100 2GB Video Card  ($108.75 @ Newegg)  <<supports up to six monitors, but I don't know how (splitter on two of the mini DP ports probably)...maybe three-way adapter on the first mini DP port
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case Fan: NZXT Air Flow Series 83.6 CFM  140mm Fan  ($7.99 @ Directron)  <<Front intake
Case Fan: NZXT Air Flow Series 83.6 CFM  140mm Fan  ($7.99 @ Directron)  <<Front intake
Monitor: Acer H257HU SMIDPX 25.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($300.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer H257HU SMIDPX 25.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($300.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer H257HU SMIDPX 25.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($300.98 @ Newegg)
Other: Display adapter - BUY THREE OF THESE ($8.00)
Total: $1988.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-12 15:58 EST-0500

[Spiretec]

11 hours ago, THFourteen said:

Mmmm I don't think you need to spend $2k on a computer to use Bloomberg and a few spreadsheets on!

 

What apps exactly does he want to use? Check the system requirements for those apps. 

i dont much about those software but i have seen them using stuff like sharekhan

[Spiretec]

10 hours ago, stconquest said:

sadly the motherboard costs like 840 dollars in my country for some reason

 

[stconquest]

@Spiretec

 

Note the builds here are very loose recommendations.  We don't know much of the user's specific needs.  We know you do not need 3D acceleration, but you might need compute power that only a GPU will provide, unlikely... but possible.

 

If you can get us a list of programs that you will need to run, we can find out how they use hardware and properly guide you.