12 - 15K Budget Trading PC Build help

[The Bru]

15 - 20K Budget Trading PC Build help

Hi

I will be building a trading PC soon, and need some help with the build. The PC will be put through some heavy cpu intensive rendering.

Must Haves:

• 3 Screens (23" - 24") - Non-gloss [GPU must support 3 screens]
• Boot SSD
• Keyboard and Mouse (wired), Mouse Pad, Headset (wired)

The budget for this build is R15 000 - R20 000

Thanks for the help

 

[Ryanbighead]

Where you based?

 

[The Bru]

Where you based?

Cape Town ..?

 

[Pada]

I'm very curious: what GPU intensive stuff do you run in the trading industry?

Like our monitoring PC's that's showing many graphs are using cheap integrated graphics and they're coping just fine...

 

[PostmanPot]

±R7500 (3*R2500) LG iPS235V-bn 23" Led display with iPS technology ( true 178° wide viweing angle + real color ) , 59mm thickness , Full HD 1920x1080 (WUGA+) , support dual taskbar + dual web + 1 click seclection for dual monitor mode ; brightness- 250cd/m2 ; mega contrast ratio- 5000000:1 , response time- 5ms - d-sub+Dvi+HDMi+headphone out - 100x100mm vesa wall-mountable http://www.lg.com/uk/it-products/monitors/LG-led-monitor-IPS235V.jsp

±R1550 Aavara TS743 / TS743A Tripple flip mount 3x lcd stand - 1 center fixed + 2 independent swing arms , horizontal & vertical shift + 20° swivelable + 20° tilt + 90º rotation pivot for landscape or portrait , height adjustable , with ExperTorque technology , smart cable management , VESA mounting : 100x100 / 75x75mm , support up to 3 x 24"/12Kg http://www.aavara.com/en/products/product.php?id=58
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R9,050

±R3200 Intel Sandybridge lga1155 i7-2700K - Quad core+Hyper-Threading / 8 threads , unlocked clock multiplier , 3.5ghz box cpu / 3.9ghz turbo boost , VT-x + no VT-d + AES-N + AVX , no TXT , built-in dual channel DDR3-1333 memory controler , built-in HD3000 graphics ( 12EU , 850/1350mhz , dual stream video decode + HDMi ) , 8mb L3 cache , 95w- Quick Sync Video + InTru 3D + Insider + FDi + Clear Video HD + Dual Display Capable http://ark.intel.com/products/61275/Intel-Core-i7-2700K-Processor-(8M-Cache-3_5-GHz)

±R1500 Asus P8Z68-V LX : all-in-one LGA1155 mb with SRT + iPT + EFi mouse-controlled bios + crossfire ready ; intel Z68 chipset , 4x dual channel DDR3 2200(O.C)/1600 , 6x s-ata with raid 0/1//0+1/5/10 ( 2x SATA6G + 4x SATA3G ) , on-board VGA with tripple -output ( HDMi + DVi + D-sub ) , with HDMi AV output ( HD DVD , Blu-ray 1080p HDCP compliant ) , on-board Realtek ALC887 7.1 with optical s/pdif out + gigabit lan ; 3x pci, 2x pci-e (1x) , 2 x pci-e 2.0 (16x+4x) for Quad-GPU CrossFireX ( no SLi ) , with 2x USB3.0 + 4x USB2.0 upto12 , support optional serial port add-on cable - atx http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z68V_LX/

±R1100 Corsair CMX16GX3M4A1600C9 , XMS3 with heatsink , 4Gb x 4 kit - support Intel XMP ( eXtreme Memory Profiles ) , ddr3-1600 , CL9 , 1.5v - 240pin - lifetime warranty

±R850 Coolermaster RC-550-KKN1 , Silencio 550 , no psu ( bottom placed design ) , black : with sound proofing side panels , front door with piano-black mirror finish + dust filter ; 1x SD card reader + 1x front usb3.0 + 1x front usb + audio in/out - 2/3 x 5.25", 1/0 x 3.5" , 7x 3.5" hidden with removable HDD cage ( side accessed ) , 2x 2.5" ( converted from 1x 3.5" ) , 1x SATA X-dock hot-swap bay in front panel - 2x 120mm fan upto 3 - atx http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=6702
±R750 Antec HCG ( High Current Gamer ) 520w ( 12v : 480w ) , with EPS12V v2.91 , 80PLUS Bronze certified ( 87% efficiency ) for energy saving - 24pin ( 4pin detachable ) ; 2x 8 (6+2) pin PCI-E 2.0 power connectors , 1x 135mm PWM fan with advanced thermal control , 6x SATA , 6x molex , with OCP, OVP, OPP, SCP safety standard - 3 years warranty http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=MjQ1Nw==

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R7,400

= ±R16,450 excl. graphics card (3 outputs), SSD and/or HDD, DVD/Bluray.

Perhaps a 120GB OCZ Vertex at R1,600.

And Sapphire HD6850 Vapor-X with 2 x DVI and 1 x HDMI out (also OC's to near HD6870 speeds).

±R1900 Sapphire HD6850 Vapor-x edition - 4 phase digital power design - 1Gb 256bit 4 channel DDR5 , 16RoPs , 128Gb/sec memory transfer ; 960 stream processors , texture fill rate : 37.2billion/sec , 48 texture unit , 32RoPs, 1500 GigaFLoPs, 37.2GT/s texture fill rate , core/memory : 775 / 4000mhz , 2x dvi+Hdmi-v1.4+2x mini DisplayPort ( with dvi to d-sub converter ) , support HDMi 1.4a + Displayport 1.2 with MST , support 6x daisy-chian display via MST hub - retail pack

±R19,950 excl DVD/Bluray or HDD spinner.

 

[The Bru]

I'm very curious: what GPU intensive stuff do you run in the trading industry?

Like our monitoring PC's that's showing many graphs are using cheap integrated graphics and they're coping just fine...

To my understanding, on board graphics can't handle 3 screens with 1 desktop very well? Correct me if I'm wrong.

I thought Eyefinity would be the way to go here. (Again, I stand corrected).

 

[The Bru]

= ±R16,450 excl. graphics card (3 outputs), SSD and/or HDD, DVD/Bluray.

Perhaps a 120GB OCZ Vertex at R1,600.

And Sapphire HD6850 Vapor-X with 2 x DVI and 1 x HDMI out (also OC's to near HD6870 speeds).



±R19,950 excl DVD/Bluray or HDD spinner.

Great! Will keep in mind Thanks

 

[Pada]

To my understanding, on board graphics can't handle 3 screens with 1 desktop very well? Correct me if I'm wrong.

I thought Eyefinity would be the way to go here. (Again, I stand corrected).

OK, so your need isn't a powerful graphics card, but rather just one that supports 3 screens.

Up until now, the onboard graphics on the CPU's/motherboards weren't capable of driving 3 screens. Also, most (if not all until the 600 series) nvidia cards weren't able to drive more than 2 screens.

I think the latest Intel HD4000 things can drive 3 screens though.

 

[evovil]

If you talking about intense rendering, shouldnt you be looking at something like an Nvidia Quadro?

 

[The Bru]

If you talking about intense rendering, shouldnt you be looking at something like an Nvidia Quadro?

Sorry, worded wrong. GPU must just support 3 screens.

 

[The Bru]

One question, with Eyefinity, the requirement is that one screen must support DisplayPort? Is this correct? If so, these the LG iPS235V-bn screens wont work with Eyefinity?

 

[PostmanPot]

One question, with Eyefinity, the requirement is that one screen must support DisplayPort? Is this correct? If so, these the LG iPS235V-bn screens wont work with Eyefinity?

Think one of these does the trick, around R300.

Sapphire DisplayPort to DVi Active adapter cable ( usb-powered ) - for 3rd display unit when using ATi eyefinity http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=4&gid=1010&sgid=1011&pid=357&psn=&lid=1&leg=0