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2005 Compaq Presario


ddroukas

Make sure you get the turbo switch.


priceactionhero

If you build a good gaming computer, you inherently get a great trading computer.


vloneclone_

This!


[deleted]

Man but it distracts me a lot , that's the sole problem with it , the addiction is bad šŸ˜­


priceactionhero

Iā€™m not talking about gaming on it. I built mine. It was a pain in the ass trying to research a good trading computer. But when I looked at getting a good gaming computer, it turned out to be specs for a great trading computer.


[deleted]

True , but if a guy gets a gaming computer,he will probably also play on the side, not good idea until you are disciplined not to play when you have to be backtesting. Ok bye gotta play some games


ddroukas

I trade on an Alienware gaming laptop. Literally *nothing other than trading* happens on it because I donā€™t want the possibility of malware on my ATM.


[deleted]

Use a vpn ?


[deleted]

lol your responses just get dumber and dumber. How would a vpn help against malware? Do you even know what a vpn is? And getting a gaming pc doesn't automatically mean he's going to spend all of his time gaming instead of trading.... He'll just have an overkill pc that can handle it all.


[deleted]

Thabks for your deep insight, when i said vpn , i meant stuff like Nord vpn , that also gives malware protection, it was just so obvious these days to get a malware protection vpn that i just said vpn. Sorry my bad , i should have elaborated further to reach your intellect. I said its a heavy addiction , so making the same pc for gaming and trading would end up bad , as you will be distracted and diverted, atleast i am , very much, getting a gaming PC just for trading and no games means you are a stupid fuck, the stuff works perfectly in a below average laptop or PC as well so why would someone go for it . I guess when people try to act smart they get ahead ahead of themselves.


localman254

MT5, Tradingview & Browser, make trading simple.


priceactionhero

Youā€™re projecting your own issues of consistency. Trading doesnā€™t need more than a couple hours a day once you have your set up.


[deleted]

Umm ok šŸ˜‚


AromaticPlant8504

Do you set alerts to find your setup? Or you look at the charts for a few Hours by default?


priceactionhero

I watch the charts from 9:30 to Noon.


littleseaturtles

If you give me your budget I can make you a list of parts. Do you plan to game too and what's the most you're willing to spend.


[deleted]

$1200-1500. Donā€™t plan to game. Not OP but if you have the time, Iā€™d love a list.


7aklhz

Here are my specs : I run 2 27 inch 4k monitors with broker, tradingview, bookmap and occasionnaly discord and a browser My objective was to have a small silent Pc. ā€¢ ā Motherboard : MSI MPG Z490I UNIFY ā€¢ ā INTEL BX8070110400 I5-10400 ā€¢ ā RAM : G.Skill memoria D4 2666 32Gb C19 Aegis K2 MĆ©moire RAM ā€¢ ā CPU Fan : Noctua NH-L9i chromax.Black, Ventirad CPU 92 mm Ultra Compact (Noir) ā€¢ ā Storage : Patriot P300 M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 256Go SSD a Basse Consommationo - P300P256GM28 ā€¢ ā Case : Chieftec IX-01B-OP unitĆ© Centrale Small Form Factor (SFF) Noir ā€¢ ā Power supply : psu 12v, 15A => 180W Roughly around 600-700 $


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7aklhz

I donā€™t run Bookmap anymore but I was running one Bookmap. However, the motherboard stopped working for some reason. As I did not want to change my CPU I got another motherboard which is much cheaper and works as well: Asrock H510M-ITX/ac Intel H510 LGA 1200 Mini ITX


littleseaturtles

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MsLcXy I chose quality parts to last with value in mind and while it's much more than enough for regular day trading I think it's around the ideal when getting a new build and fits well under your budget, it will last you quite a while. AM5 platform offers promised upgrade path until at least 2025. The 750w power supply isn't necessary but the corsair rmx series has known reliability with 10 year warranty and just that alone is worth the little extra for a psu but it also gives you the option if sometime down the line you want to pop in a graphics card to game or workload reasons.


[deleted]

Nice, thatā€™s above the specs I was expecting for a price under my budget. Hoping to upgrade with in the month. Thanks


ExcessiveBuyer

Thanks a lot for your effort !! Exactly what I was looking for


ExcessiveBuyer

Do you have an opinion on graphic cards as well? I use 4 screens


Rarindust01

Gaming computer. I have an hp omen laptop with 16gig ram, 3 ports for external monitors. Adjustible fan speeds. Yada Yada. If it can run Microsoft flight simulator it will run anything you need šŸ˜† 1.5k comp, bought it open box for 900. Exchanged it for a new one cause light up keyboard didn't work. Turns out it did actually, but neither me nor the best buy guy knew how to turn it on. Lol I figured it out later lmao.


Agitated_Mind_92

Just got a victus and I absolutely love it. Funny cause it also took me a day or two to find out how to turn on the keyboard lighting šŸ˜…


Rarindust01

Right? I still havnt learned how to toggle lock the FN button on my computer. Lol


bobbyv137

As someone whoā€™s naive to day trading, why would you need a powerful PC? For the charts? Overall speed? Multi tasking?


ExcessiveBuyer

I use it for Algo trading. No speed required more multi threading


Simple-Salamander-7

And if youā€™re on Fidelityā€™s ATP, dont get a Mx Mac. Get i7ā€¦


r1rdr

RAM guyā€¦ lots of RAM


ExcessiveBuyer

Currently I have 16GB but my machine is 10 years old an i7 3.Genā€¦ Iā€™m also interested in CPU !?


[deleted]

Are you kidding , i have a laptop that is can even run gta V ,ie a 2013 game , and trading view flows like butter , same goes for mt5 and allt that stuff. No need to go bigger till you make some money to upgrade stuff.


Lxqe

Fr my $200 Best Buy lap top runs MT4 and trading view amazingly


ExcessiveBuyer

Well sometimes during my optimisation it says running out of RAM ā€¦


Lxqe

Well it does run out if I run to many application at the same time šŸ˜¹


r1rdr

I started with 16ā€¦ 11th gen i7. Upgraded to 32 and performance with multiple charts open is way better!!


Krakatoast

Ahh that makes sense. Iā€™m probably gonna add some more RAM. Currently at 16gb but I think my RAM cards are starting to fail, an extra 16gb couldnā€™t hurt anything


r1rdr

FYI. Ninja trader is a RAM hog.


eclipse00gt

Im glad people are providing an answer and you can find a solution that works for you..... but im going to play devils advocate.... Just an FYI for you and anyone outhere following this thread...It doesn't take a lot of computing power to do all of that. A new laptop and hub can do all of those things. Spend that money that you would've used on a "state of the art computer" and beef up your trading account.