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Tom:
I talked so much about RAM in my first post, I forgot about
some other factors. Here my shopping list if I were buying
this month:
ESSENTIALS
RAM: 2to 4 GBs (my huge CSI database)
FAST CPU: P4 at 3 GB or A64 3000+ (not top of the line)
HD: two 7,200 RPM hard drives (the second is for backups)
VIDEO: dual monitor card
MONITORS: two 1280 x 1024 (or better: 1600x1200)
BELLS AND WHISTLES:
DVD burner
Firewire (for video)
Hard drive bay and drawer (to remove the 2nd hard drive for
off site storage - better back up protection).
--- Tom Clarkson <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am looking at getting a PC dedicated to running
> Amibroker backtests and
> was wondering if anyone had any input on what the most
> important performance
> attributes would be.
>
>
>
> I am thinking of an Intel Pentium Extreme Edition or
> Athlon 64 FX-55. It
> seems the difference is that the Intel has a bigger cache
> which seems like
> that could make a difference. Also TJ once indicated that
> hard drive
> performance is important so one might think that a RAID 0
> with 2 WD 10,000
> RPM drives might be the way to go if that is true.
> Lastly, it's not clear if
> memory beyond say 1GB would make much difference.
>
>
>
> Has anyone tried to come up with the fastest backtesting
> PC or have any
> opinions on what attributes of the PC would be most
> important. I suppose one
> could optimize everywhere but that could be overkill.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
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