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That's a lot of nice "bells and whistles" but all you really need is a basic
Pentium system with a lot of RAM (256MB+) and SCSI disk I/O. You're better
off spending your money in these areas if you want performance. I really
doubt that dual processors will make any noticeable improvements.
For example, I'm using ts2k with DTN satellite data feed on Pentium I 233
mmx, 384MB RAM and 16GB wide SCSI and NT 4.0. I've been lucky enough not to
have experienced any of the performance problems that get reported on this
list (i.e. slow charting updates, slow email alerts, dropped ticks, blue
screens, etc.).
IMO, mega doses of RAM and SCSI are the only way to go when you have real
time database applications that are disk and CPU/FPU intensive.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nixon(MLS) [SMTP:mbjp57@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 6:25 PM
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: off topic : PC setup
Could I prevail on anyone on the list who knows about these things
(cause I
sure don't) if they have any comments on the following PC setup
which I am
considering buying from DELL. Is there anything on there that
anyone
would suggest changing or adding to or might prove inadequate? It
will not
for now be used to run Tradestation, I will keep that on another
machine but
will be used for qcharts, a couple of broker interfaces, IE and
OE.
many thanks for any comments you may have and I guess it would be
better to
reply privatley rather than clutter up the list.
regards
Philip
Standard Features: Dual 533MHz Intel Pentium III processors each
with 256K
cache
Intel 820i Chipset
PC800 ECC RDRAM memory (2 RIMM slots) upgradeable to 512MB
Six Expansion Slots - one 4xAGP and five 32-bit PCI Slots.
Integrated EIDE/ATA-66 disk controller
Integrated 3COM 10/100Mb Ethernet controller with WuOL
Integrated 16-bit SoundBlaster compatible soundchip and mono speaker
One parallel port, two serial ports, two USB ports, keyboard and
mouse
connectors
3.5" 1.44Mb floppy drive
Thermal monitoring, chassis intrusion alarm
3 years On site Service Next Business Day is included within the
price
Pre-installed Operating System - either: Windows NT 4.0 (SP4&5) /
Windows 98
(SE) / Windows 2000 (when available) & Red Hat Linux v6.1 (select
configs.)
Chassis: MiniTower with 3.5" floppy bay, 3 external 5.25" bays, 4
internal
bays
Memory: 128MB ECC RDRAM memory (1x128)
Graphics Adapter: Appian Jeronimo Pro - 8Mb + 8Mb (dual monitor,
PCI) (NT
only) (+ GBP 388)
1st Monitor: Dell Value 19" (17.9" VIS) FST monitor (+ GBP 100)
2nd Monitor: Not Included
3rd Monitor & 2nd Graphics Adapter: Not Included
4th Monitor: Not Included
Keyboard: Dell Performance (105-key) mechanical keyboard
Mouse: Logitech 3 button mouse
SCSI Controller Card: Not Included
1st Hard Drive: 13.6GB (7,200rpm) EIDE hard drive
2nd Hard Drive: 13.6GB (7,200rpm) EIDE hard drive (+ GBP 226)
CD Drive: 8x/4x/32x speed IDE CD-RW (read & write) (+ GBP 113)
ZIP or Tape Drive: Not Included
Sound Card: Integrated 16-bit SoundBlaster compatible sound
Speakers: Not Included
Additional Network Card: Not Included
Modem: Aztech 56Kbps PCI modem (+ GBP 53)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows NT4.0 SP5 with CD using NTFS
Maintenance Service: 3 Years Next Business Day On-site
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