PC recommendation for financial analysis

[Vandravcek]

Hello all,

I'd like to hear some advice on what kind of CPU, ram and GPU would you recommend for web browsing apps like https://www.tradingview.com/chart/PxSA4lsL/ , multiple open financial web sites like Reuters, Bloomberg etc. and multiple financial single threated apps running simultaneously?

I'm still working on 5 monitor ultra old rig CoreDuo 8400, 4GB of ddr2, single AMD 6870 GPU, Samsung Evo 850 256GB SSD, windows 10. My CPU and ram usage is hitting 90 % constantly with occasional slowdowns and temp freezes.

Thank you for replying

 

[Isokolon]

Depends on how much you're planning on spending.

It's not a very demanding task, I'd personally wiat for Ryzen 3 or a cheap i5, even a modern Pentium or i3 with 8GB RAM should get the job done, although I'd still prefer a quadcore

The GPU is probably still good enough for your needs if there's driver support for Win10
So will be the drives.

 

[jaslion]

Hello all,

I'd like to hear some advice on what kind of CPU, ram and GPU would you recommend for web browsing apps like https://www.tradingview.com/chart/PxSA4lsL/ , multiple open financial web sites like Reuters, Bloomberg etc. and multiple financial single threated apps running simultaneously?

I'm still working on 5 monitor ultra old rig CoreDuo 8400, 4GB of ddr2, single AMD 6870 GPU, Samsung Evo 850 256GB SSD, windows 10. My CPU and ram usage is hitting 90 % constantly with occasional slowdowns and temp freezes.

Thank you for replying

I would just swap out the core 2 duo and ram and get a pentium g4650 + 8gb (maybe more depending on how intensive they are). The gpu is still fine for those purposes and everything else seems fine too. All i need to know is your current psu just to be safe as its an older system and the psu might need to be changed.

 

[Vandravcek]

Hello all,

I'd like to hear some advice on what kind of CPU, ram and GPU would you recommend for web browsing apps like https://www.tradingview.com/chart/PxSA4lsL/ , multiple open financial web sites like Reuters, Bloomberg etc. and multiple financial single threated apps running simultaneously?

I'm still working on 5 monitor ultra old rig CoreDuo 8400, 4GB of ddr2, single AMD 6870 GPU, Samsung Evo 850 256GB SSD, windows 10. My CPU and ram usage is hitting 90 % constantly with occasional slowdowns and temp freezes.

Thank you for replying

I would just swap out the core 2 duo and ram and get a pentium g4650 + 8gb (maybe more depending on how intensive they are). The gpu is still fine for those purposes and everything else seems fine too. All i need to know is your current psu just to be safe as its an older system and the psu might need to be changed.

My PSU is Corsair VX450W (about 7 years old I think). Are you sure pentium g4650 will be enough? Core2 is hitting 90-100 % in task manager all the time... Do I need to look for high frequency or more cores for smooth system operation?

 

[jaslion]

Hello all,

I'd like to hear some advice on what kind of CPU, ram and GPU would you recommend for web browsing apps like https://www.tradingview.com/chart/PxSA4lsL/ , multiple open financial web sites like Reuters, Bloomberg etc. and multiple financial single threated apps running simultaneously?

I'm still working on 5 monitor ultra old rig CoreDuo 8400, 4GB of ddr2, single AMD 6870 GPU, Samsung Evo 850 256GB SSD, windows 10. My CPU and ram usage is hitting 90 % constantly with occasional slowdowns and temp freezes.

Thank you for replying

I would just swap out the core 2 duo and ram and get a pentium g4650 + 8gb (maybe more depending on how intensive they are). The gpu is still fine for those purposes and everything else seems fine too. All i need to know is your current psu just to be safe as its an older system and the psu might need to be changed.

My PSU is Corsair VX450W (about 7 years old I think). Are you sure pentium g4650 will be enough? Core2 is hitting 90-100 % in task manager all the time... Do I need to look for high frequency or more cores for smooth system operation?

The new pentium is essentially a lower end i3 it has 2 cores 2 threads and is at least 3x more powerful than your current core 2 duo. Its the first time since the pentium 3 days that the pentium name meant some good performance for the money.

 

[SSri]

Hello all,

I'd like to hear some advice on what kind of CPU, ram and GPU would you recommend for web browsing apps like https://www.tradingview.com/chart/PxSA4lsL/ , multiple open financial web sites like Reuters, Bloomberg etc. and multiple financial single threated apps running simultaneously?

I'm still working on 5 monitor ultra old rig CoreDuo 8400, 4GB of ddr2, single AMD 6870 GPU, Samsung Evo 850 256GB SSD, windows 10. My CPU and ram usage is hitting 90 % constantly with occasional slowdowns and temp freezes.

Thank you for replying

Are you going to run a lot of number crunching, for an example, run Monte Carlo Simulations in excess of a million at least please? If you are going to do modelling, trading and simulations, a workstation category CPU (Xeon E3 v5 or E5 v4) with ECC RAM would suit you better.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-xeon-e5-2600-v4-broadwell-ep,review-33513.html

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10158/the-intel-xeon-e5-v4-review

Your GPU should be enough. I was an investment advisor until a few years ago and used the spec in my signature below. I did write and run a lot of custom codes for simulation and optimisation. My system was sufficient, although it was a xeon workstation.

Otherwise, given your requirement above, an i3 7100 is likely to give you enough power. RAM is pretty cheap; please therefore consider throwing in at least 16 GB as a starter. You may add more, if required.

Please refer the CPU hierarchy on this site.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/best-cpus,review-33354.html