PC spec for betting/trading

liamh86 · 18 Apr 2016 at 13:10

Hi All,

I do a lot of betting/trading and need a new PC that can handle all of this for £600 ish please.

I'll be running two monitors and streaming approx 10 charts which refresh every 0.1 seconds. I'll also be running around 5 windows at any one time and two to three live video feeds as well.

Thanks!

JesleyH · 19 Apr 2016 at 10:08

Is it £600 for just PC, no peripherals or monitors included in that price?

If so, then I wouldn't bother with graphics card and go all in for top CPU.

Get 250 samsung evo 850 SSD when sale comes up, I imagine 250 GB can be bought for 50£ when new sales begins.

As for CPU 6700k can be fit with your budget if we skip graphics card, and the 6700k dGPU is quite decent for most things, and I assume you don't play games.

CPU

Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory

Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

That's 637, but if you just wait for few sales, especially SSD that comes regularly, you should get that price to 600.

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liamh86 · 19 Apr 2016 at 13:13

Hey Jesley, thanks for this!

Would prefer to stay with oc as I need it built too. I won't be gaming on this system.

Would this change the pricing at all?

nick_000000 · 19 Apr 2016 at 13:57

liamh86 said:
Hey Jesley, thanks for this!

Would prefer to stay with oc as I need it built too. I won't be gaming on this system.

Would this change the pricing at all?

Something like this would probably work for you if you need it built with the OS already -

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...atx-pc-configurator-fs-013-tl.html#t=c2d3f1j3

Build Time

Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days

Motherboard

Asus H170M-Plus Intel H170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard

Processor

Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail

Memory

Team Group Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD48GM2400HC16DC0

Solid State Drive

Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)

Mechanical Hard Drive

Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)

Optitical Drive **Please Check Chassis Support**

Not wanted

Graphics Card

Not wanted

Power Supply

Super Flower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black

WIFI

Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)

joeyjojo · 19 Apr 2016 at 13:59

You probably just need a regular office PC (Intel i3, 8 GB RAM, etc.).

liamh86 · 20 Apr 2016 at 12:42

Thanks for all your replies!

I'd rather get something with a bit more kick so I can do everything as fast as possible.

I've looked at a few pre builds and like a couple, but I like Jesley's suggestion with the faster processor etc.

Freddie1980 · 20 Apr 2016 at 13:34

liamh86 said:
Thanks for all your replies!

I'd rather get something with a bit more kick so I can do everything as fast as possible.

I've looked at a few pre builds and like a couple, but I like Jesley's suggestion with the faster processor etc.

A faster processors won't reduce the difference in your trading times or update your charts faster.

You might be do well to get a 144hz screen if your charts are updating that quick. I'm not sure if will help in anyway but it will probably make your screens easier to look at (reduce eye strain etc).

liamh86 · 20 Apr 2016 at 13:44

Yeah, I understand that, but I'd rather have the CPU power from the start as I'll have a lot of software, windows and feeds etc open. I wouldn't want to have issues at any point in the near future. Don't get me wrong, I'll only get that spec if it fits within my budget too.

That's a good bit of info, I'll look at that, thanks!

joeyjojo · 20 Apr 2016 at 13:49

Freddie1980 said:
A faster processors won't reduce the difference in your trading times or update your charts faster.

You might be do well to get a 144hz screen if your charts are updating that quick. I'm not sure if will help in anyway but it will probably make your screens easier to look at (reduce eye strain etc).

Indeed. 0.1 seconds (100 ms) is only 10 Hz, no sweat. My media player has a frequency spectrum visualiser that updates twice as fast as that (50 ms) and that has to do a FFT every time.

A regular 60 Hz monitor has a refresh time of 16.7 ms btw, plenty fast enough.

If you want to overspend OP get an i5-6600K. Will be overkill and last you many years.