Hamza_hs 0 Posted October 14, 2019 On 7/6/2018 at 12:54 AM, Aiman Almansoori said: Hi guys! I finally got my trading station ready! First of all I really want to thank everyone posted here, I read every comment, every detail and everything you posted, in conclusion I could build my own trading station! I actually lost all my trading capital building the station and hopefully becoming a life time member, but after thinking about it and reading @Andrew Aziz book I learned that it's an investion I've to do in order to become a successful trader. First lose money! Then make it :D, I'll be in simulator until I save money for trading 😄 So, let's go to the details! 1)Graphic card ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ROG STRIX Graphics Card (STRIX-GTX1080-A8G-GAMING) I wanted to buy the MSI Gtx 1080 gaming 8 x8gb but it wasn't available in my country, so I went with this 2)Mother board GIGABYTE H370 AORUS Gaming 3 WIFI (LGA1151/Intel/USB3.1 Gen 2 Type A,Type C/HDMI/M.2/ATX/DDR4/Motherboard) 3)Ram CORSAIR VENGEANCE LED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2666MHz C16 Desktop Memory - White LED 4)CPU Corsair CX Series 750 Watt (2017) 80 Plus Bronze Certified Non-Modular Power Supply (CP-9020123-NA)I actually got 100w, but couldn't find it in amazon, you actually don't need 1000w, 750 is more than enough! I think even 650 will work, but I couldn't find 750 in my country as well 5) Cooler ARCTIC Freezer 33 eSports ONE - Tower CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Processor Fan for Intel and AMD Sockets - for CPUs up to 200 Watts TDP - Silent and Efficient (White) 6)Processor Intel BX80684I78700 8th Gen Core i7-8700 Processor 7)SSD, ADATA SU800 256GB 3D-NAND 2.5 Inch SATA III High Speed Read & Write up to 560MB/s & 520MB/s Solid State Drive (ASU800SS-256GT-C) 8)Hard disk 2tb WD Blue 2TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD20EZRZ you'll need an ATX box I believe but it depends on your style :DD With the box this whole setup cost me 1450$ from a local store, I also have 4 philips monitors 24 inch each cost 100$+ a cheap desk xD 60$, gaming mouse and keyboards because I love games, both cost 80$, and a stand for 6 monitors which cost 120$, 3 hdmi cabels, 1 adapted from vga to display port, another from hdmi to display port. I believe that's all! Hi Aiman Good day , great set up. From yourname i assume you are form UAE :). I am from Muscat and a new member here in this community. Can you share your mobile on email , perhaps i can contact you to know more about setting up trade station :). [email protected] Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sapperstien 74 Posted October 17, 2019 Old free TV uptop. Curved 34"UW MSI, and 27"vertical on right (looking to get another on the left side). i7 4th gen. 16gb ram, 512 SSD (SSD, or M.2 is a must in my books). Looking to get wired peripherals as next upgrade and then a adjsutable deks for stand/sit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noah Campion 0 Posted November 19, 2019 TIP: When Andrew and Benzinga Squawk speak at same time it was hard for me to understand both. So I have squawk on my laptop. Its much easier for me to understand both when played on two different speakers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Gonzalez 1 Posted November 28, 2019 On 8/27/2018 at 12:38 PM, Esam E. said: Hello Everyone, Just found this link in the Forum and thought I would share my build. I apologize in advance for the low contrast pics., my camera did not do well with the low light. Specs: - Running an Intel i7-8700 liquid-cooled with a Deep Cool Captain 240EX and running on an ASUS Prime Z370-A Mobo with: 16GB G-Skill Trident RAM; EVGA Superclocked 1070Ti Black Edition; Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 512GB SSD; SP 256GB SSD; Corsair Carbon ATX Tower; Elgato Stream Deckeck; CyberPower 750W APU (not pictured); Rottay Mechanical Keyboard (MX-Brown switches); Logitech G-Pro mouse; and Windows 10 Home. - Main Monitor: 43.5" LG 4K ISP Monitor wall-mounted w/ Luminoodle Bias-LED lighting (I have 5 full Montages [1-min, 5-min & L2], Top List and MarketViewer on this one) - Right Monitor: 24" HP 24ea (One additional full Montage, three addt'l charts [SPY, QQQ & VIXY], plus all relevant account information) - Left Monitor: 27" BenQ 4k ISP Monitor (Trade Ideas & BBT Chatroom on this one) - Small Monitor: 5" LCD HDMI, meant for a Raspberry Pi that I mounted inside the case to monitor internal temps (running CAM software) Special thanks to Andrew for the DAS Layout file and Robert H. for the StremDeck Hot Keys List, plus all the other countless folks for their meaningful input and comments throughout the Forum. Thanks for checking-out my post. Happy Trading to All! Cheers!! This is my favorite setup of them all. I have the same LG 43 Inch monitor and you got that right monitor to fit flush perfectly. You’ve inspired me to do the same. Plenty of great ideas from you all! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sapperstien 74 Posted December 10, 2019 Cyber monday update broke the bank. Most expensive rig on the site I'm sure. #If you know you know Banana- $150,000 Anker vertical mouse-$30 Steel series pad-$15 G910 fully customizable RGB and macro keyboard- $120 Fourth screen(27")- $180 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carlos M. 230 Posted December 10, 2019 llol Nice set up @Sapperstien ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sapperstien 74 Posted December 10, 2019 8 hours ago, Carlos M. said: llol Nice set up @Sapperstien ! Thanks big guy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanielH 0 Posted January 24, 2020 Hi guys, I’m looking for a desktop for daytrading. What do you recommend? I’m trying to keep the costs down as much as possible. I’ve found a desktop shown on the photo below, should it be sufficient? Also how many monitors do you need as a minimum? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brendon 146 Posted January 24, 2020 6th Gen i5? Would this be a used PC? I would not get a used PC for trading, you don't know what you're getting. Minimums to have: CPU: at least an i5 or greater (latest gen recommended) RAM: 16BG or greater Monitors: 24 inch or greater, 1080 is fine Video Card: 4x ports or greater, by far the best is nVIDIA P620 (I have the older P600, they are not for gaming), you're gonna need a screen for chat, platform, and the other 2 for stock watching. https://www.amazon.com/HP-Quadro-P620-Graphic-Card/dp/B07C68M2GJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3JJ5SAP0BDV3V&keywords=p620+quadro&qid=1575047336&s=electronics&sprefix=p620+%2Celectronics%2C186&sr=1-1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sapperstien 74 Posted January 25, 2020 11 hours ago, DanielH said: Hi guys, I’m looking for a desktop for daytrading. What do you recommend? I’m trying to keep the costs down as much as possible. I’ve found a desktop shown on the photo below, should it be sufficient? Also how many monitors do you need as a minimum? That 8 gigs is never enough. Not to say you can’t add more. But when you start adding chrome tabs for finviz/bbt/squawk... and maybe OBS to record. You need 16 min Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murare srinivasan 0 Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) hello All, New member here as well as relatively new to day trading. am planning to buy a desktop with the below specs. Processor: Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core 16-Thread 3.6GHz (4.4 GHz Max Boost) Motherboard: B450 Memory: 16GB DDR4 3000MHz Gaming Memory w/ Heat Spreaders Graphics: GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB GDDR5 Hard Drive: 500GB SSD Display Ports: 3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI I/O: 1x HDMI, 2x Front + 4x Rear USB 3.1 Gen 1, 2x USB 3.1 Gen 2, and 2x USB 2.0 Cooling: 120mm AIO Cooler & RGB Ring Fans I have dell 43 inch monitor to hook this upto and plan to watch 5-6 stocks. are these specs good enough to handle the speed required for day trading? Thanks Murare Edited April 9, 2020 by murare srinivasan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tracy 3 Posted May 1, 2020 On 1/28/2019 at 4:18 PM, Marek Liyanage said: I purchased a 17" ASUS ROG Model GL703GE-IS74 currently $200 off at Costco....1TB HD, 250GB SSD, 16GB RAM, GTX1050 GPU, 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8750H Processor 2.2GHz. It's a gaming laptop with fancy colors on the keyboard and comes with a gaming mouse. The main reason I purchased this (besides the current discount) was that it has an HDMI plus a Mini Display Port so you can add 2 external screens. So in addition to being a solid travel trading setup this can double as a home work station if/when my regular PC crashes or fails or needs some repair. https://www.costco.com/ASUS-ROG-Gaming-Laptop---Intel-Core-i7---GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti--1080p---Bonus-Gladius-ll-Gaming-Mouse.product.100416051.html I'm looking for a computer now and was wondering if you've been trading with this much, or if you would recommend it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riley Hextell 1 Posted May 5, 2020 Hey guys, I am looking into buying a new computer for trading. I am trying to not spend a ton but the money is not a huge issue. Preferably around $500 range but if it would be worth it to spend a couple hundred more I would be willing to do it. Does anybody have any recommendations on some desktops to look into? Also any tips on additional monitors, and would it be wise to purchase these monitors brand new or are used ones acceptable? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tracy 3 Posted May 8, 2020 Thanks, @Marek Liyanage I went ahead and ordered it and actually received it today. Now I can start going through the training and watch morning trading next week. Was trying to do it on my phone, but couldn't see any detail on the charts, lol. Thanks again for the recommendation, I figure this will get me through the learning process for sure. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin 262 Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Marek Liyanage said: for me an issue I ran into was window sizing when I expanded DAS over the 17" main screen to 15" travel displays I add. So if you are not planning to connect a 15" travel display or do not plan to expand DAS over several displays this might be irrelevant. Hey Marek, (and anyone else who is having this issue), you can use the Pop Out feature to solve for this problem. In the main window you create a new Montage, Chart, etc. > Right Click on the top bar > Select Pop Out. Then you can drag the windows around to any secondary monitor and position them regardless of the monitor size. Edited May 8, 2020 by Justin 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
