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What type of computer specifications do you all have?

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phild

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9 years ago #112274

Hi all,

 

My current computer specifications are as follows:

 

Intel Core i5-2400 SPU @ 3.10Ghz

8.00 GB RAM

2 Hard Drives – SSD 60GB & 1TB HDD

 

I think that this is a little bit slow and am looking at buying a new computer to generate strategies faster.

 

 

I was thinking about the following computer (as it is within my price range):

 

Intel Core i7 4790 Quad 3.6GHz

32GB DDR3 RAM

120GB SSD 3TB HDD

Upgrade CPU Cooler to Water Liquid Cooling System (dual fan radiator)

Upgrade to 750W Power Supply with Large Quiet Cooling Fan

 

 

Q. What would you all think of my potential new computer specs?

Q. What type of specs should I add instead? 

Q. What type of computers are you all running SQ on?

 

Thanks.

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9 years ago #125432

Got my new computer a week ago and it runs SQ very nicely:

 

Xeon 1270v3 3.5Ghz/4 cores/8 threads

Gigabyte H87-D3H Intel

32GB RAM DDR3 HyperX Fury

x2 SSD 240GB

x1 3TB SATA Seagate

CPU Cooler Master Seidon 120v

GT640 2GB PCI-E

x2 12cm Fans

 

I opted to go for the Xeon as I have been told it has better power consumption and is more stable.

I can run 2 versions of SQ at the same time with no problems at all.

 

I have room for another hard drive and more space for more RAM, if I need to add any.

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9 years ago #125922

I see you have better computers than i do, i have AMD FX 8350 4 GHZ 8 core, 16 GB DDR3 … i think the setting for building strategies and choosing good ones (knoh-how) could be more important than PC. for buying i7 i have to earn first 😉 

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9 years ago #125940

Personally, I am very happy with my current specs. At the moment I can run 3 versions of SQ running evolutions at the same time and I can still do other things on the computer.

 

I have come to accept that no matter how much computing power I have I will always want just that little bit more….

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9 years ago #125947

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E3-1270-v3-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4770K  

 

looks the same as i7 4770k….maybe one version SQ running will be the same as 3 versions slowlier, what you think?

i have no money but i plan buy new PC next year 🙂

 

and how it goes, you have already some strategies? are you already trading?

 

PC is never good enough…

 

Thank you for your reply.

Patrick

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9 years ago #125950

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E3-1270-v3-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4770K

 

looks the same as i7 4770k….maybe one version SQ running will be the same as 3 versions slowlier, what you think?

i have no money but i plan buy new PC next year 🙂

 

and how it goes, you have already some strategies? are you already trading?

 

PC is never good enough…

 

Thank you for your reply.

Patrick

 

Hi, at the moment I can run 3 versions of SQ (one on each harddrive) at the same time and still use the computer.

 

I do have 32GB of RAM also.

 

I have been told that the Xeon is better for running for multiple hours at a time as it is more stable and has better power consumption (at least that is what I have been told).

 

I have 2 strategies at the moment that I have just started testing yesterday. It is early days yet…

 

Agreed, I want to get another harddrive and some more RAM too 🙂

 

Cheers.

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9 years ago #126119

Hey guys, looking at building a new system…

 

CPU I’m tossing up between an i7 4930K or a 5930K – the 4930K rates better on CPUbenchmark.com and it’s slightly cheaper.. what do you think??

 

KUHLER H2O water cooler

 

Mobo – Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME X79 8x DDR3 GLAN RAID USB3 SATA3 4-way SLI

 

1 x 120GB SSD (I already own it) – for windows

 

1 x 250GB SSD for programs (SQ etc)

 

As for RAM, I’m thinking of 32GB – and leaving room to grow but not sure what specs to look for in the RAM. Not quite sure what RAM to get though and am open to ideas from those more in the know 🙂

 

Any Suggestions on the overall system also?????

 

 

Cheers.

 

PS. Will run Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

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9 years ago #126120

Hey guys, looking at building a new system…

 

CPU I’m tossing up between an i7 4930K or a 5930K – the 4930K rates better on CPUbenchmark.com and it’s slightly cheaper.. what do you think??

 

KUHLER H2O water cooler

 

Mobo – Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME X79 8x DDR3 GLAN RAID USB3 SATA3 4-way SLI

 

1 x 120GB SSD (I already own it) – for windows

 

1 x 250GB SSD for programs (SQ etc)

 

As for RAM, I’m thinking of 32GB – and leaving room to grow but not sure what specs to look for in the RAM. Not quite sure what RAM to get though and am open to ideas from those more in the know 🙂

 

Any Suggestions on the overall system also?????

 

 

Cheers.

 

PS. Will run Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

 

Hi there, I have 32GB RAM and for me at the moment it is sufficient. 

 

I have a total of 3 hard drives, but I want to get another one so I can add an additional version of SQ on it.

 

I would get another SSD if I were you.

 

Just my opinion, but it depends on what you can afford.

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9 years ago #126121

Thanks mate, I am going to keep my 1TB HDD just for storage and whatever other crap I accumulate  and keep the SSDs for the business end of it all.

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9 years ago #126339

Hi, I have been reading the carecterísticas for pc 
 
Can only be a Microsoft Windows pc, or can also be a computer with MAC OS IOS ?? apart from the capacity characteristics for use with SQ and MT4 
 
greetings

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9 years ago #126346

StrategyQuant is a Windows program, I have not tested if it would run on Mac using some emulator, and the program is not supported there.

Mark
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9 years ago #126365

Hi, I was just looking to renew my computer and I had spoken highly of MACBOOK / iMAC, APPLE computer with IOS operating system. 
 
But if I say that with the IOS operating system can not function SQ, I’ll have to forget me. 
 
Metatrader 4, I think it does work with the operating system IOS 
 
thank you very much

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9 years ago #126621

Hi, I am new into this but I was wondering if one day it would be possible to use the power of our GPU (graphic card) in order to make calculations. I know there is a language (CUDA from Nvidia) to program a GPU. What do you say about this?

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Mark Fric

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9 years ago #126669

I investigated it for some time because it would bring quite big speedup, unfortunately GPUs are not made for this kind of computations.

 

Not everything can be improved using GPUs, GPUs are good for making relatively simple mathematic or matrix operations, but backtesting a strategy is much more complicated and requires features that are very slow in current GPUs.

Mark
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Matusiak Adrian

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9 years ago #126882

I investigated it for some time because it would bring quite big speedup, unfortunately GPUs are not made for this kind of computations.

 

Not everything can be improved using GPUs, GPUs are good for making relatively simple mathematic or matrix operations, but backtesting a strategy is much more complicated and requires features that are very slow in current GPUs.

 

Sic! And for what did I bought those 2 new GPU on SLI connection ? 🙁

 

Beside I use I7 3.2ghz , 8gb RAM Kingston HyperX, 500gb HDD and two Nvidia SLI. 

And its still a laptop. 

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8 years ago #129467

Dual CPU motherboards,

 

Do you believe a configuration with 2 processors will make a difference, cause I could not find it here mentioned.

 

Thank  you!

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