In April 2006 I decided to invest in a super computer (well fast anyway). After many days of research on the subject I bought an AMD Athlon 64 X" Dual core 4800+ processor form America, which at the time was not available in the UK and was one of the fastest processors on the market, it cost me about £420. I went for AMD for many reasons but the main ones being that AMD machines are less prone to attacks by viruses and they were proven to be faster than Intel. I then looked around for a good quality motherboard and decided on an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard and also an Asus eXtreme N6600GT graphics card. I took all this to a friend of mine that happens to be a brilliant computer technician and he built the computer for me. I also bought a pair of HP vs19x flat screen monitors. This whole set up cost about £1200 and is a whole lot better than you could buy off the shelf. I have the ability to have both monitors showing different web pages or the same web page spread across both monitors. It is pretty impressive when you see it all in the flesh.
I have an 8MB Bulldog Internet connection which normally connects at around 6.4mb and an impressive 580kpbs upload speed, which I believe to be one of the fastest available. I have few problems with the connection and only then after a long day of trading it occasionally disconnects and then reconnects at a slightly slower speed.
The other vital component is my Toshiba 23WL56G LCD TV. Its not the biggest but it sits on a shelf at the back of my desk and is only about 3/4 feet away so it is plenty big enough.
I have sky plus and subscribe to the RUK/Setanta package and, of course, get ATR. I know the one thing that I don't have that would still make a big difference is SIS. I have recently been trawling around my home town of Glasgow looking for an independent bookie that either has a spare room or with an empty flat adjacent or above where I could link in to his SIS and possibly start an exchange shop, or just use the SIS myself.
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