[wsam29]

I was doing some research regarding CPU's and how much of it Tradestaton uses.

From my observations, TS only uses the CPU on program start up, after athe desktops are opened, it uses RAM and the CPU is idle.

There really is no point spending money on a CPU that gets used infrequently and I don't do many things on my current box other than trade, surf, email.

I just might upgrade my current system since it is an Asus P5P800 board and it has many open slots to add goodies.

The ATI FireMV is a shoe in, which would bring me up to 6 monitors and an upgrade of ram to 2 GB.

Maybe add in another hard drive just to run TS since I have many old ones "lying" around.

Once Intel comes out with an even newer CPU, I may look into the Dual Core when prices are back down to earth. You only need the latest and greatest technology if you are a gamer or some sort of CAD designer or video editing.

Other than that, an Intel P4 runs TS just fine.

Its the monitors that are a big expense. about $1000 CAD for 4 and a LCD quad stand, another $400. (figures include any sales tax)