Ah, I left an important detail out of my router post- My new trading computer will be wired, it is my basement's media center pc that will not. Currently, that PC is on a wired connection, but obviously trading takes precedence over downloading movies/music/youtube on the 40 inch.
The 22" acers are actually way too big and will take up too much of my room. I think I'll pick up the 3 Viewsonic 19", the real estate is plenty for me. I have a 20" viewsonic, and charts on that look great, even slightly too big.
Also I like the idea of having 2 9600GT's, it gives me flexibility if I ever feel gaming during trading hours, lol. Plus I can afford 2 cards for $160, so that's not an issue.
All in all I've calculated that this will run me $1600, $900 less than my maximum price point.
I will post a full revised list of all the parts I will be getting, either later tonight or tomorrow. Thanks a lot for the help, you guys have saved me a lot of time I would've spent researching and reading and got me relatively caught up to date in only 2 days.
Will I have to put the thermal compound on the cpu myself or does it come with it on already? It's no problem putting it on, it's just a friend of mine who just built a new machine told me his was already on and he just put the heat sink on.
Also, anyone have a recommendation for speakers under $100?
***In reply to jjsole, the volatility is exactly why I'm building this machine now. I trust the charts, technical analysis is my friend, so I have no problem switching my puts to calls at any second of the day if the situation requires. Hell, I've had to sell a lot of puts in the past to cut my losses, being nimble is key in successful trading.
The 22" acers are actually way too big and will take up too much of my room. I think I'll pick up the 3 Viewsonic 19", the real estate is plenty for me. I have a 20" viewsonic, and charts on that look great, even slightly too big.
Also I like the idea of having 2 9600GT's, it gives me flexibility if I ever feel gaming during trading hours, lol. Plus I can afford 2 cards for $160, so that's not an issue.
All in all I've calculated that this will run me $1600, $900 less than my maximum price point.
I will post a full revised list of all the parts I will be getting, either later tonight or tomorrow. Thanks a lot for the help, you guys have saved me a lot of time I would've spent researching and reading and got me relatively caught up to date in only 2 days.
Will I have to put the thermal compound on the cpu myself or does it come with it on already? It's no problem putting it on, it's just a friend of mine who just built a new machine told me his was already on and he just put the heat sink on.
Also, anyone have a recommendation for speakers under $100?
***In reply to jjsole, the volatility is exactly why I'm building this machine now. I trust the charts, technical analysis is my friend, so I have no problem switching my puts to calls at any second of the day if the situation requires. Hell, I've had to sell a lot of puts in the past to cut my losses, being nimble is key in successful trading.