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Date/Time: Wed, 06 May 2026 06:26:42 +0000
PC Build
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| [2026-03-20 20:44:54] |
| TopGunTrader - Posts: 302 |
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Hi, I'm buying a new PC this weekend computer store recommended AMD vs Intel faster and more stable according to him. What are fastest CPU and GPU and which SSD do you recommend ordering tomorrow hopefully somebody sees this today. Thanks! |
| [2026-03-21 15:47:33] |
| allons_trading - Posts: 47 |
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I built a new PC just before memory prices had doubled again. AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 64GB of memory AMD Radeon 9070XT 16GB 2TB NVME Gen 5 + 2TB NVME Gen 4 Way more than what is needed to run SC. My office is now quiet compared to the gaming laptop I had been running SC on where the fans ran constantly. |
| [2026-03-21 16:29:44] |
| TopGunTrader - Posts: 302 |
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Hi, Yeah was shocked today to learn price of memory! I'm curious what your Sierra Chart CPU % change was. I have elaborate chartbooks but also run many instances and installs but some are 10%+ and I find at times a 1 or 2 second lag. Tried to move my stop the other day and had a freeze and got stopped out vs almost a break even have to update asap. What did you spend on this like $5k+. Do you run Sierra on the Gen 5 NVME? Appreciate your response! |
| [2026-03-21 16:45:06] |
| allons_trading - Posts: 47 |
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Less than $2700 including case, fans, cpu cooler, etc. Zero lag, though I had no lag on the older laptop either, the laptop just used more CPU. I have SC installed by itself on the Gen 4 NVME, which in this PC is double the transfer speed compared to when it was installed in the laptop with a Gen 3 chipset. This only helps with initial load time of charts. The biggest difference between the older laptop and newer PC is that on the laptop to have smooth chart movements, especially on TPO charts, I needed OpenGL enabled. On the new PC, all my charts would smoothly scroll even without OpenGL enabled. |
| [2026-03-24 20:13:50] |
| TopGunTrader - Posts: 302 |
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Allons wondering if you bought from an online company or bought parts and built yourself? If online company which one?
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| [2026-03-25 01:42:49] |
| allons_trading - Posts: 47 |
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Bought all the parts from Newegg and assembled the PC myself.
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| [2026-03-30 12:24:45] |
| more - Posts: 154 |
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Hi, if I install SC on a "normal" SSD (old SSd) or an NVME SSD, is there much difference in how SC works? Because some of my charts are a bit slow and I'd like to understand why. For example, I have 16GB of RAM. Is that enough or not enough? Thanks.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-03-30 17:45:18
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| [2026-03-30 21:02:19] |
| ForgivingComputers.com - Posts: 1218 |
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SSD speed has an impact when loading charts, as potentially gigabytes worth of data can be loaded to a chart. Most of the disk activity while trading is going to be writing to the SCID files, which is not a big performance hit unless you have many different symbols being tracked. Use the Windows Task Manager to see how much Memory Sierra Chart is using. Also, check the CPU %. You may want a faster processor. More help on performance issues: High CPU Usage | Inactive User Interface | Poor Performance | Long Time to Load Chart Data | Charts Reloading Often Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-03-30 21:03:19
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| [2026-03-31 17:22:49] |
| TopGunTrader - Posts: 302 |
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I just got parts Intel Core 9 Ultra 285k 2 SSD's one does 14900mb/s read speed 11k mb write, fast ram 64Gb, Radeon RX 9070 graphics card. Appreciate all of your help!
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