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1. Consider having your computer custom built. A pre-configured system offered by the big names in the computer industry may not have all of the bells and whistles that you need for day trading. A custom computer can be optimized for trading by modifying settings in the Microsoft XP operating system.
2. Upgrade to the latest computer processors for optimum power. The more powerful a day trading computer is, the more markets and charts it can manage at one time.
3. Make sure that your computer system offers redundancy. Having dual hard disk drives means when one of the drives crashes, the other drive can go into action. Likewise, with two LAN ports, one port can be enabled when the other goes bad.
4. Insist on having an option for a Twin WAN router so that you can hook up both cable and DSL Internet services. When one of the services stops working, the Twin WAN has an automatic switchover. It can also use both connections to give you the equivalent of a T1 line.
5. Pay attention to the computer's noise level. You must be able to concentrate when you are day trading. Get a triple-layer computer case capable of blocking noise and vibration and look for a computer that doesn't require fans to cool the motherboard and video card.