cokewithvanilla
Weaksauce
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- Aug 28, 2013
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I have been out of the computer game for a while, still playing around with sandy bridge stuff. I am setting up a laptop for day trading. It will be docked, as all my computers use E series docks (including my work setup). I have 3 offices with 7/6/5 monitor setups on e series docks. I do realize these docks are going out of style, but work probably wont upgrade for 2-3 years.
I used to use passmark scores to get a general idea of what a ccpu can do. Well, i keep finding that few things beat the i7-3720QM that is found in 14 inch dell laptops like the e6430. I know that recently power consumption has been an issue, and i believe 4th gen series and on were not as impressive due to this... but what am i missing? I can get a e6430 for $300 used, and I am having a hard time even in the thousand dollar range finding something with a CPU that beats it.... I kinda dont want something that old... computer needs to be rock solid.
Am i looking at something wrong? I need a balance of good CPU and GPU power, i feel like i cannot get that with a ivy bridge, but i cannot find a newer laptop with a better cpu... seems like strides have been made in gpu technology. What would you recommend? I want to save money buying used, i want the best cpu/gpu combo... will eventually run multiple (likely 4) 2k monitors and at least one 4k monitor.
edit: current laptop is e6420 w/nvidia graphics and i5 cpu scoring 4k on passmark. The gpu is overheating even with a clean fan and new thermal paste. BSOD during trading = huge loss
I used to use passmark scores to get a general idea of what a ccpu can do. Well, i keep finding that few things beat the i7-3720QM that is found in 14 inch dell laptops like the e6430. I know that recently power consumption has been an issue, and i believe 4th gen series and on were not as impressive due to this... but what am i missing? I can get a e6430 for $300 used, and I am having a hard time even in the thousand dollar range finding something with a CPU that beats it.... I kinda dont want something that old... computer needs to be rock solid.
Am i looking at something wrong? I need a balance of good CPU and GPU power, i feel like i cannot get that with a ivy bridge, but i cannot find a newer laptop with a better cpu... seems like strides have been made in gpu technology. What would you recommend? I want to save money buying used, i want the best cpu/gpu combo... will eventually run multiple (likely 4) 2k monitors and at least one 4k monitor.
edit: current laptop is e6420 w/nvidia graphics and i5 cpu scoring 4k on passmark. The gpu is overheating even with a clean fan and new thermal paste. BSOD during trading = huge loss