Don Schultz
Young grasshopper
What's the best i7 computer deal that anyone has located currently?
Looks like a decent deal for a medium sized Blue Iris server. That CPU is quite old now, and while it isn't all that much slower, it is less energy-efficient and that will cost you in the long run. Enough to make up the price difference between it and a Haswell or newer machine? Probably not. It should at least still work with hardware accelerated H264 decoding in Blue Iris.If you don't mind used, I just received this from Newegg today:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5HA3ZV8471
I paid $235, looks like it's only $220 now. It's a bit dusty with a few scratches but I don't mind.
Usually I don't consider power consumption as a factor but the fact that this thing runs 24/7 you are right it can definitely makes some difference. Assuming it uses 50W more (doubt it's that much though), at 15 cents per kwh it'll still cost me about $5 more per month in operating cost, which is more than I anticipated but I can live with it. I'll be putting Windows 10 64-bit on a 3TB WD Purple drive today. It will be a significant upgrade from my slow AMD processor (on which BI ran surprisingly stable despite using 100% CPU at all times).Looks like a decent deal for a medium sized Blue Iris server. That CPU is quite old now, and while it isn't all that much slower, it is less energy-efficient and that will cost you in the long run. Enough to make up the price difference between it and a Haswell or newer machine? Probably not. It should at least still work with hardware accelerated H264 decoding in Blue Iris.
It also comes with 32-bit Windows so it won't run 64 bit versions of software. Likely the 32-bit memory limit will be the bottleneck for Blue Iris before the CPU speed is.
Likely the difference is only in the 10 to 20 watts ballpark.Usually I don't consider power consumption as a factor but the fact that this thing runs 24/7 you are right it can definitely makes some difference. Assuming it uses 50W more (doubt it's that much though), at 15 cents per kwh it'll still cost me about $5 more per month in operating cost, which is more than I anticipated but I can live with it. I'll be putting Windows 10 64-bit on a 3TB WD Purple drive today. It will be a significant upgrade from my slow AMD processor (on which BI ran surprisingly stable despite using 100% CPU at all times).
Nice find. Assuming the laptop's cooling can keep up, that CPU is similar speed to a desktop i5 that would use more power. I avoid laptops for servers though because they almost always lack an automatic power-on after power loss feature -- a must-have for someone who spends much time away from home.I just paid about 300$ (300 CHF) for a used laptop samsung npv350-v5c i7 with integrated Intel graphic adapter (+ AMD adapter (dual graphic adapter in fact)).
It is amazing how it performs so well with Blueiris.
The cpu is a 3630qm
Power consumption is so low. About 25W!!!!!!!
@spy70 Here is a power consumption same for an i5-4590 haswell..https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/5696-PC-NVR-Power-Consumption-Sample?highlight=consumption 25w at 30 percent load...Usually I don't consider power consumption as a factor but the fact that this thing runs 24/7 you are right it can definitely makes some difference. Assuming it uses 50W more (doubt it's that much though), at 15 cents per kwh it'll still cost me about $5 more per month in operating cost, which is more than I anticipated but I can live with it. I'll be putting Windows 10 64-bit on a 3TB WD Purple drive today. It will be a significant upgrade from my slow AMD processor (on which BI ran surprisingly stable despite using 100% CPU at all times).
Should be a good machine. I will be installing Windows 10 64-bit on a 3TB WD drive and an additional 4GB RAM. Make sure to upgrade the BIOS first. It came with A10 I upgraded to A19. Also the SATA cable came loose on the HD from shipping so make sure you check the connectors if you run into any issues.Thanks! I picked one up!
For automatic power-on, you can use the WOL function of your modem for example. You can even use an internet server to order to the modem to send the WOL packet. So this is not a problem. This is what I am using precisely to do it.Nice find. Assuming the laptop's cooling can keep up, that CPU is similar speed to a desktop i5 that would use more power. I avoid laptops for servers though because they almost always lack an automatic power-on after power loss feature -- a must-have for someone who spends much time away from home.