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  1. thank you for your reply....I wonder if a XEON E3-1230V2 based system can pull of recalculating 500 MB excel files thousands of times daily???? Please let me know what you think of the following server (it costs 2 times less than the top z420 workstation using the e5-1650 Xeon): DELL PowerEdge T110 II TOWER Quad Core Xeon E3-1230v2 3.3GHz(8MB cache 69W Turbo), 4GB DDR3 1333MHz do you think this server can be used as a workstation instead of the HP z420?
  2. Hello, I need your advice in finalizing the decision on the workstation that I will use to work a large-scale number crunching project. I need a computer to both finalize the analysis system framework and also for the production pc to later perform the daily analysis of the stock price data. My 2009 laptop is simply not coping any more
  3. thanks))) it is interesting to note that Lenovo ThinkStation S30 0569 features the same porcessor but is almost 1000$ more expensive at a hefty $2,924.00 (http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-056961U-ThinkStation-S30-0569/dp/B009CZUV12/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1355326313&sr=8-2&keywords=Lenovo+ThinkStation+S30+0569)...I wonder why such a large price differential?) thanks)
  4. thanks)) I wonder with i7 3930k can comment on using 12 threads in excel 2010?
  5. Hello, I wonder if you can recommend the best pc setup that would maximize EXCEL 2010 performance
  6. I can do this analysis in sequence or parallelize it through 4 vms.......I will think more about adding the VMS - with excel 2003 each running in one WinXP VM - this can be really fast to parallelize....I will combine the analytics from the separate VMS in the host machine.....the individual analysis could be done in excel 2003 but aggregating analysis and post-production woudl be done in excel 2010 which allows much more than the 2 gb of memory...software errors are likely but mos dependent on excel and matlab and vmware...I will test this setup and if it is suitable for daily work will stick with it - if no - will do all in sequence on the host machine...I am stuck with excel for now as taking it to an executable code would add a year to the project....do you think EXCEL 2010 on 4 cores will run faster than EXCEL 2003 on one core?
  7. .I need 4 VMs to each analyse its own time frame of the 50 currency pairs....the analysis will be performed identically for each time frame of the 50 currency pairs....so to analyse it all in parallel I am thinking of breaking the whole pipeline into 4 parallel sub pipelines each working on its own time-frame....what do you think?
  8. I have tested the preliminary setup on my Dual Core Cnetrino season and needless to say it take a lot to complete_ I also thought - if I use the Intel Xeon E3-1275 V2 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) - it is rougthly close to i7 3930 but has only 4 cores but still supports teh ECC memory....do you think it I set up 4 VMs each running a single 3.5GHz core - each running excel Matlab and automate by Network Automation - and leave the rest of the virtual cores to handle the load on the system - that can pull off?)
  9. well I have 50 currency pairs to analyse daily - 4 time frames each - each time frame shoudl be analyzed using a few different large excel files - around 300 mbs on average....do you think this process can be speeded up if I break each of the 4 time frames into different virtual machines and place the analysis pipeline into them?.....you think a 4 core E3 1275 V2 might be enough for it???
  10. I remmebr my old days of doing render jobs on a slow pentium))) yes running for very long periods of time - on a long bach analysis job if what I am looking for....I will be doing price analysis in excel using large model files - 200 mbs, 300 mbs and over 500 mbs each -many of these files will need to be processed for each time frame of each currency pair....I need a very fast and very reliable system for this project...- around 1500$ - I am thinking of i7 but intrigued by stability and ECC support of the XEON 2600 family......which processors do you think might suit this task the best??? I need to reanalyze longs ot market data daily - to present fresh analysis for the clients each morning...so I need a super reliable system....
  11. thank you....I am just concerned if i7 will be able to run the continuous number crunchinh session lasting MONTHS ? I might not power-off the computer for months! you think XEON can handle such workload? and I7?
  12. Hello, I wonder if you can help me to build the perfect PC setup for the following task: I am going to perform daily financial market analysis on multiple instruments using Excel (large workbooks around 300 and 500 mbs), Matlab and Automation software. The price will be loaded into Excel, the results would be fed into Matlab to create charts (this sequence will be repeated many times). I plan to sell the resultant analysis at my website for a set monthly subscription
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