Help build me a computer for stock trading(primary) & gaming(secondary)

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ThuNd3r

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Hi,

I'm looking to build a computer where the primary function is for trading stocks(stock market) and the secondary function is for gaming. I want to be able to hook up 8 LCD monitors and run large amount of streaming data(charts, quotes, video) on all of them smoothly without problems. For gaming I just want it to be decent enough to run recent games released in 2007 and early 2008 on mid-high settings such as Crysis, Supreme Commander, Bioshock ect.

Budget $1500-2000 (I prefer the best bang for the buck high performance parts over the top of the line parts)

Part list

1. Motherboard
2. CPU
3. RAM
4. Video cards(2)
5. PSU
6. Case
7. Fan / Cooling
8. Hard drive

I'm open to any easy overclocking if it's good value without sacrificing stability.

I appreciate any input/advice you guys can provide, thanks.
 
ThuNd3r said:
Hi,

I'm looking to build a computer where the primary function is for trading stocks(stock market) and the secondary function is for gaming. I want to be able to hook up 8 LCD monitors and run large amount of streaming data(charts, quotes, video) on all of them smoothly without problems. For gaming I just want it to be decent enough to run recent games released in 2007 and early 2008 on mid-high settings such as Crysis, Supreme Commander, Bioshock ect.

Budget $1500-2000 (I prefer the best bang for the buck high performance parts over the top of the line parts)

Part list

1. Motherboard
2. CPU
3. RAM
4. Video cards(2)
5. PSU
6. Case
7. Fan / Cooling
8. Hard drive

I'm open to any easy overclocking if it's good value without sacrificing stability.

I appreciate any input/advice you guys can provide, thanks.
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I don't see that he wants to get the monitors I think he already has that many
 
he will need 4 video cards or 2 firemv. but his budget will not let him do it unless he go low budget cards with one gaming card.
 
Yeah I agree with kof.. with no budget limit it would be easy to build that but working off of $2000.. it's kinda hard..
 
Budget doesn't include LCDs and Matrox quad display cards.

I'm just wondering what CPU / Mobo / RAM / Gaming video card / heat sink / case / cooling is good bang for the buck with $1500-2000 budget.
 
The video cards are the biggest problem here, since each video card can support 2 monitors, you would need to have 4 video cards. And SLI/CF is out of the question because you can only use one monitor with them.

What you could do is buy a high end PCI-E video card for gaming, then buy 3 low-end PCI/PCI-E video cards only for charts and such, although that may be a bit hard to setup.
 
ThuNd3r said:
Budget doesn't include LCDs and Matrox quad display cards.

I'm just wondering what CPU / Mobo / RAM / Gaming video card / heat sink / case / cooling is good bang for the buck with $1500-2000 budget.
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Yup I was going to suggest Matrox multi display cards since they make some of the best multi display cards in the market. They used to be a contender for gaming cards back in the day but they switched their market around. Good thing too because the gaming market got too competitive. Its just ATI and Nvidia now, where as before you had matrox, stb, voodoo, riva (which became nvidia later on), creative, diamond, etc. Those companies that are still around no longer make their own chipsets either, they just use ATi's or Nvidia's instead these days.
 
For supporting multi monitors and gaming
2x Matrox quad display PCI
1x PCI-E gaming card?


I was thinking either seagate or western digital 500 gig hard drive.

CPU not sure Q6600 or E6600 ? Intel is going to slash prices soon?

Motherboard Asus P5K or Gigabite P35 which is better?

Videocard evga 8800 GTS 320 MB is that good enough to play crysis on mid settings?

As far as RAM goes which better OCZ or Corsair? specifically i was looking at DDR2-800 PC2-6400 ram with timing 4-4-4-15

As far as heat sink goes is Sunbeam Tuniq Tower 120 any good?

What case/fans is good bang for the buck, I don't care much how it looks just how it runs.
 
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Honestly you won't gain a ton of performance increase from over clocked RAM, and in some cases it could cause bottle necks. I would spend money on a faster HD since its the slowest component in your system and then if the budget allows get faster RAM.

Also, never skimp out on your power supply. It provides power to your whole system, a cheap one can fry things. Also make sure your PSU is one that is true wattage, and not peak.

I don't think the system requirements have been officially released for Crysis yet so its hard to say how anything will perform as of this moment. I can only assume that the highest end video cards now will definitely run it on medium settings, perhaps high settings. Though all we can do is guess at this point, and the spec requirements may change as they refine the code of the game.
 
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