Intel chip with 2 cores but 4 threads.
Posted: Dec 13 2013
Hi,
I am upgrading the machine I run MC on. I am considering a machine that has an Intel® Core™ i3-4130 Processor (3M Cache, 3.40 GHz). It's specifications are shown at this link.
http://ark.intel.com/products/77480/
It has 2 cores but 4 threads. I am not a power user in that I run only one symbol in one workspace with 8 charts (never go beyond this). I probably have 10 studies in two of the charts and maybe 6 in the others (this could increase). I will be setting up the machine in two partitions (one for XP and one for Win7). I will start running MC next week on the XP partition and over weekends I will test the Win7 partition to see if all my software runs okay. If everything is okay I will start using Win7 for trading during the day (if all goes well I will keep using it). After that I may start using the 64 bit MC since I gather Win7 can make use of this where as XP can not. I will be getting a video card that has 3 outputs for my three monitors. The machine has 8 gig of ram (I realize XP can only use 3 gig but hopefully I will be using XP only for a few weeks).
I have a question. Will MC still be able to use the 4 threads just as well as it does with a pure 4 core machine? If not, considering I am not a full power user and not likely to ever be, would it make much of a difference or should I go for a true 4 core machine.
Thanks,
John
I am upgrading the machine I run MC on. I am considering a machine that has an Intel® Core™ i3-4130 Processor (3M Cache, 3.40 GHz). It's specifications are shown at this link.
http://ark.intel.com/products/77480/
It has 2 cores but 4 threads. I am not a power user in that I run only one symbol in one workspace with 8 charts (never go beyond this). I probably have 10 studies in two of the charts and maybe 6 in the others (this could increase). I will be setting up the machine in two partitions (one for XP and one for Win7). I will start running MC next week on the XP partition and over weekends I will test the Win7 partition to see if all my software runs okay. If everything is okay I will start using Win7 for trading during the day (if all goes well I will keep using it). After that I may start using the 64 bit MC since I gather Win7 can make use of this where as XP can not. I will be getting a video card that has 3 outputs for my three monitors. The machine has 8 gig of ram (I realize XP can only use 3 gig but hopefully I will be using XP only for a few weeks).
I have a question. Will MC still be able to use the 4 threads just as well as it does with a pure 4 core machine? If not, considering I am not a full power user and not likely to ever be, would it make much of a difference or should I go for a true 4 core machine.
Thanks,
John