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New Trading PC - Follow Up Processor Question

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[2015-04-23 08:22:23]
User51760 - Posts: 108
Hello Support Team,

we are referring to thread New trading PC
We are also in the process of building a new trading pc's. We planned using i5 intel processors. Having read the above mentioned thread we just halted the ordering process first asking you for clarification: You are recommending a 6 core processor which would require an i7 processor.
Experiencing Sierra Chart as extremely CPU friendly, we are wondering why you are recommending 6 cores.
Thank you for any clarification,

Best,

Chris
[2015-04-23 08:35:09]
i960 - Posts: 360
I run SC in a VM using 4 virtual cores, the difference between an i5 and an i7 isn't going to matter.
[2015-04-23 09:05:36]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
You do not have to get 6 cores. It is up to you, but if you are opening many Intraday charts at once it helps to have multiple cores because the loading of each chart is done on a background thread.

But then again if you only have one hard drive or SSD it may not make any difference.
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[2015-04-23 09:21:33]
User51760 - Posts: 108
Planning on only one very fast ssd all clarification makes completely sense and I am thanking user i960 and Sierra Chart Team. We keep on going with a newest generation i5 processor.

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