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Question Building Stock trading PC - What are the prerequisites?

I think you need to clarify what you are looking to do here. Are you looking to day-trade, run your own HFT shop, do fundamental analysis, or something else? I'll address each in order. High Frequency Trading (HFT): You'd be going up against the big boys like Knight(now Virtu), Cantor...
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- Post #7
- Dec 29, 2020
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question Desktop Upgrade (Rebuild) Non-Gaming

Update: I got the RAM and installed it yesterday, I actually got a "cannot open page, not enough memory" error in chrome right before the package arrived. I think that I was saturating both memory and the swap file. Starting Bloomberg can still drive the processor to 100% on all cores for 30...
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- Post #10
- Oct 3, 2020
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question Desktop Upgrade (Rebuild) Non-Gaming

I dropped $50 on another 16 gb of RAM. I think I've got to dump another hundred into the OS Drive. I'll see how the Phenom still works. It's a 3ghz 4 core with a 64 GB SSD and a TB HDD. Otherwise I think I'm cool. Beyond that I think I can swing another drive without a concern. (as said, money...
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- Post #9
- Sep 22, 2020
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question Desktop Upgrade (Rebuild) Non-Gaming

Close enough to a microcenter. Lockdown makes things slightly challenging though. I may also end up with two desktops in different states, given my SO's purchase of a pandemic house out in the boonies. I may pull items out of my old Phenom II (Yes, That old) HTPC that I don't use to build a...
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- Post #7
- Sep 22, 2020
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question Desktop Upgrade (Rebuild) Non-Gaming

Many thanks. -Yes it's 5ghz, and minus a wall in the way I could literally touch the router from the chair next to the PC. The band I'm using is also pretty clear according to some test sources. -You'd be amazed at what these things can pull. Bloomberg has MANDITORY THREE FACTOR authentication...
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- Post #3
- Sep 20, 2020
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question Desktop Upgrade (Rebuild) Non-Gaming

It's been a while since I've been around here, but I still don't know any better sources than you guys. Here's the background: I'm getting old and I don't really game any more. when I do play my slower, older games like Civ, my GTX1060 can run my 4k monitor just fine. I'm now working from home...
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- Sep 20, 2020
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Computer Building
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Nexus 5X vs. Moto G (2015)

Oh, Google somehow managed to lose my pre-order. I still see the pending charge on my CC, but Google has no record of it. I kind of like the USB C and fast charging bits, but waterproofness is cool too. (I like to read in the bath, and while I've never had an accident, you never know.)
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- Post #6
- Oct 2, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Nexus 5X vs. Moto G (2015)

So, I've come to conclude that I'm not a power user. I surf the web, read, check facebook and twitter, and have been thinking about listening to some podcasts on my phone. (I listen to Hello Internet on my computer right now) The GF broke her phone, so now it's time for me to get a new one...
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- Oct 2, 2015
- Replies: 40
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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7850 good enough for 4K in strategy games?

Update: The monitor arrived. Desktop and Civ5 with everything on 'High' work fine, I'm probably sitting here in the teens a bunch of the time, but with something like that, it's not an issue. SoSE doesn't support the resolution.
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- Post #26
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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7850 good enough for 4K in strategy games?

I'm looking at a 28" display, so it'll have the same pixel density as a 14" 1080p laptop screen, so it shouldn't be too bad, especially since I'm going to be sitting pretty close to it. Honestly, if I didn't need a new monitor because of splitting up the TV/computer combo I wouldn't be getting...
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- Post #25
- Jun 22, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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7850 good enough for 4K in strategy games?

the budget is flexible, but everything I'm using for this is coming out of my "I want a sportscar" fund. Also, My profile is out of date, I just moved to Haddonfield and work in center city, btw.
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- Post #11
- Jun 19, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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7850 good enough for 4K in strategy games?

I Said *UNDER* $500. :cool: http://www.woot.com/offers/samsung-28-4k-led-backlit-monitor-24?ref=cnt_wp_15_9 $401.24 with tax and shipping, same panel. different housing, the Acer scored points for height adjustability, but the Samsung looks much cooler (and fits the room much better) Plus is...
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- Post #9
- Jun 19, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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7850 good enough for 4K in strategy games?

Oh, the 7850 is more than sufficient at 1080p with everything maxxed, and I'm pretty sure it has DP out, (I just took a quick look, and I think it does) Even if not, we're talking strategy here, the 30FPS that HDMI can do is more than enough for turn based strategy.
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- Post #4
- Jun 19, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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7850 good enough for 4K in strategy games?

So, I've had an old 40" 1080p TV as my combined monitor/bedroom TV for years, but I've recently moved, and am going to be putting the desktop in the office, and the TV in the bedroom. That means I need to buy the first computer monitor since I built the first iteration of this desktop in 2008...
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- Jun 19, 2015
- Replies: 25
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Need Advice: offer tablet to work to replace my workstation?

No budget, The company has less than 15 employees, I doubt there is any sort of hardware refresh schedule in the business plan, since the boss is 70, and still uses a blackberry. The two employees (the portfolio managers) with a need for high end workstations have Bloomberg terminals, and they...
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- Post #7
- Jun 10, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need Advice: offer tablet to work to replace my workstation?

Subscription ;-) for a few thousand a month I can install it on as many devices as I want. I followed your advice, and am testing now. $26,500 is the annual retail for two licences
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- Post #5
- Jun 9, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need Advice: offer tablet to work to replace my workstation?

Read your post before the edit, didn't get a chance to quote it. (I thought a lot of the same) On my 16GB of RAM desktop Morningstar Direct still installs in x86. (Non 64) I'm with you on them being about the same, and agree it's freakishly odd. I guess my biggest concerns are that I'm a...
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- Post #3
- Jun 9, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need Advice: offer tablet to work to replace my workstation?

The title basically sums it up. I work in finance, mostly towards the technical side of things and have a workstation that was probably $5k when new, but it hasn't been updated since our product line was opened in 2008 (E7300, 8GB, HDD, Win7) Now a lot of what I do is read positioning...
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- Jun 9, 2015
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building
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Verizon FiOS Router to buy?

So, I just moved, and cable was a huge ripoff compared to FiOS where I moved to (S. Jersey) so my cable modem is now a brick. Verizon wants $10/mo for a modem, and it's wifi is decent at best (2.4/5ghz N? I bought a $20 Microcenter router two years ago that did this, and allows me more control)...
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- May 9, 2015
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Networking
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So will there be a Nexus 6? If so, when?

Quick note: The Nexus 5's battery life is pretty mediocre. If you frequently spend long periods of time away from an outlet, another phone might be a better option. My significant other has one, and while it's still a speed demon, he's a heavy user, and is always running out of juice. (Also...
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- Post #6
- Sep 10, 2014
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Touchscreen PC Games?

So, to augment my desktop, I recently bought a refurbed Dell Venue 11 (i5) to use for productivity and surfing the web when I'm on the road. I got bored at a hotel and installed steam and a couple games. (Yay, company paid wifi!) I didn't do anything extreme with it, but I tried some moderately...
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- Aug 23, 2014
- Replies: 0
- Forum: PC Games
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Do you think we'll ever see a Nexus Phablet?

I really think 6" would be the perfect size. my Note 2 is as large as I can fit in my skinny jeans (disclaimer: 5' 10", 150lbs) and the 3 fits an almost 6" screen in the same footprint. I've tried the nexus 5 over the last week, but I just can't go down in screen size, I think I'm going to have...
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- Post #12
- Nov 8, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Excited for Galaxy Note 3 announcement tomorrow...

Hey guys, I'm wondering, as someone who bought a Note 2 release week, (had to sit a few days to get it on the $30/mo plan) and has loved it, but has used it more for reading than web surfing (spend too much time in front of a PC) do you think it's worth upgrading, or should I wait for the Note 4?
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- Post #321
- Oct 5, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Citadels?

sigh, I want a game like this to be good, especially one that focuses on castle building, but this one seems as bad as I was worried it would be.
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- Post #4
- Aug 1, 2013
- Forum: PC Games
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Citadels?

It appears to be a castle builder/RTS game. It came up on the Steam feature list, and I think it'd be the sort of game I like, but it's 10% off on Steam less than a week after it launched, and the metacritic reviews seem dismal, even though it's only got one actual reviewer review...
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- Jul 31, 2013
- Replies: 4
- Forum: PC Games
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cheapest decent cable modem?

So, Time Warner is increasing the monthly rental cost 50%. Even after splitting this three ways, it's worse than Comcast was. (and TWC still makes me miss Comcast in a million other ways) Here's the list of "approved" modems...
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- Jul 31, 2013
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Networking
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Switching to Haswell, Can't install Windows 7

This is annoying as hell. My last two tries with win7 the partition failed to create. Now with win8 if I don't enable the special 'win8 compatability mode' when it boots from disk im told 'BOOTMGR is missing' and have to restart. When I enable win 8 support, I get a device mapping table and the...
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- Post #11
- Jun 6, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Switching to Haswell, Can't install Windows 7

I've got legacy support enabled, I've switched the drives to IDE mode, I've stripped out all the peripherals, and yes, I've reformatted the drive with the windows disk each time I try, It's still erroring out every time I try, but it did make it into the "windows failed to boot, please select...
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- Post #8
- Jun 6, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Switching to Haswell, Can't install Windows 7

So, I bought an i5 4670K, MSi Z87-G41, and 16gb of Crucial DDR3 at Microcenter Monday, and replaced the old Phenom 2 board in my main rig, but I can't seem to get Win7 home premium x64 (OEM) to install. I pulled out my data drive, the 7850, and my wireless card, so all I have attached now are...
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- Jun 5, 2013
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Operating Systems
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ATDCOT: Taxes are due.

If that's the case, then you can always tell them to withhold like you have 20 kids. You can put whatever you want on your withholding, the IRS doesn't care, as long as you're within $1000 of what you actually owe in taxes.
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- Post #4
- Apr 12, 2013
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Switch to Virgin Mobile from T-Mobile by 5/31, Get $100 credit

Pass. I dropped virgin 6 months ago for the T-mo $30 100min/2gb 4G plan. I don't get Virgin's random days without data, have better coverage, and can bring any device I want. Seriously, Virgin wants the same for a locked SGS2, which is about to be 2 generations out of date, as Google wants for...
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- Post #10
- Apr 10, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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300-350 budget, what should I get?

The best phone within your budget is without a doubt the Nexus 4. The only phone that's generally considered better than the N4 is the Note 2, but you need to be ok with the size, it's twice the price and it's not actually any faster. If you like the apple side of the fence, you COULD go...
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- Post #3
- Apr 2, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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External or internal drives?

With 64gb USB3 memory sticks going for under $40, what are you sharing that needs to be carted around on an external HDD?
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- Post #11
- Mar 29, 2013
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Note 2 Case: Does anything like this exist?

I'll remember about the home button, but the case you linked to has the same issue as the one I linked, doesn't replace the plastic back with another thin one to keep the assemblage thin, it goes over and around the phone. I'm normally pretty good with phones, I'm not really looking for drop...
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- Post #4
- Mar 28, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Note 2 Case: Does anything like this exist?

I've never used a phone case before, and have carried my Note naked for the last 6 months, but after developing a tiny scratch at the corner of the screen, I've started to reconsider getting something to protect the screen. At the same time, I'd also like to have one less thing to carry, so the...
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- Mar 28, 2013
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Fraud on ebay using Virgin Mobile refill card

Prepaid itself isn't a scam, I used Virgin for two years without problems, and have spent six months on t-mo, with the same. The issue is that their customers come from two camps, frugal people looking to save on their cell bill, and sketchy people without credit. I've always put down my Amex...
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- Post #14
- Mar 21, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Dailytech blocked by Chrome?

FWIW, Firefox is throwing up essentially the same message, IE10 lets you surf it like normal.
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- Post #11
- Mar 20, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Name a Sci-Fi show on air today that's as good or better than Stargate SG-1

hey, thanks for the link.
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- Post #170
- Mar 14, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Name a Sci-Fi show on air today that's as good or better than Stargate SG-1

I hate all of you. You made me download Farscape just now. 55GB?!?! Crap, now my 1tb drive is finally full. I even had to redirect where uTorrent downloads to, since my SSD doesn't have anywhere near that much space available. I guess I'm going to have to go to microcenter tomorrow and buy a...
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- Post #167
- Mar 14, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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TF300 4.2 update keeps failing on me.

Apparently the fifth factory reset is the charm. It downloaded successfully, and I'm now on 4.2. Now if only Samsung would be as prompt with updates on their flagship device that has sold more than 10X as many units.
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- Post #2
- Mar 6, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices

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