Which computer to buy to run multiple instances of MT4?

Hi guys, not sure if this thread should go in the platform section but being a tech muppet it may well be suited here

I'm getting serious with my trading and I want to buy "one" separate desktop pc to run my MT4 charts. I'm planning to run about 3-4 of them on one PC on two monitors.

At the moment I'm running some MT4 instances side by side on my laptop together. I'm also sending emails, playing games, creating documents and images etc... from this laptop so you can see my laptop slows down therefore the charts sticks and lags in real time. Also not helping is probably the indicators which are loaded on each chart ... there's not a lot of different indicators but I have to have the same ones on a lot of each different timeframe for my analysis. And also I have my order entry platform on this thing too.

My laptop spec is not low end but still its seems to be groaning under all the weight lol.

WindowsWindows 7 Home Premium Edition (64-bit) Service Pack 1 (Build 7601) --- Memory (RAM)3957 MB --- CPU InfoIntel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 350 @ 2.27GHz --- CPU Speed2260.6 MHz ---
Display AdaptersATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

I know zip about the mechanics of how MT4 works and frankly don't care, but any tech heads suggest what I should look out for when buying a desktop for my circumstance? Nothing too $$$ but something good and reliable and enough just to run multiple MT4 instances ... also include smooth multiple monitor operations.

TIA!

Purchase the following:

Dell Custom Spec

i7 Quad Core Intel CPU
4 Gigs of DDR3 RAM (At least)
7200RPM HD

That should give you enough horsepower to run everything and more

I agree. The biggest lag will be tons of indicators that you are not using.
Keep only the indi's you need in each indicator folder.

If there is a copy MT4 that is really, really slow replace it with a fresh copy.

I would also suggest not using that machine for surfing, but strictly your trading computer.

Thanks fellas for the reply. I recently discovered what was actually lagging were the max bars in the charts! Nevermind, I reduce and it seems to run nicer.

You guys think 2GB memory is enough and an integrated graphic card?

For some reason I don't like integrated cards but I'm not doing heavy duty stuff and it's just going to be a 24 hour MT4 machine anyway ... so may be a cheaper reliable choice.

If you're going to go the laptop route buy a gaming pc. The last one I bought was such and has held up really well over the past 4 yrs or so.

I am in the midst of getting a new one soon... currently I would not get anything less than:

Intel Core i7, 6 MB ram or greater, dedicated graphics card with dedicated memory (not shared).

I've seen a few of these machines around $749 to $1100 so they are quite reasonable.

The Following may or may not help. Still hope it helps
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=313181
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