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I'm thinking of building a mini-itx based PC for BI only. This PC will reside in a closet so a small form factor and low heat generation is the goal of the build. From what I've read on this forum, BI works best with intel graphics, so it would seem a mini-itx board without any dedicated graphic card would work well. A mini-itx board with an i5-6th gen processor, 8gig ram, and a video storage drive seems to fit what I'm looking for a 8-10 camera system.

Also, I've seen lots of good information on optimum BI configuration settings. Is there any posts that I've missed that are focused on Windows 10 settings? Back a few years ago I used Windows XP-Embedded that you could create builds of Windows XP that had only what you wanted /needed for your application. Does such a thing exist for Win10? It would be nice to free up as much Win10 wasted cpu cycles for BI.
 
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My BI machine is on a Mini ITX Board but it's an I7. If the funds are in your build go the I7. An SSD improves performance dramatically as well.
 
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Waste of money most modern machines are low heat... Look for a small form-factor Dell or HP ideally you want local storage on the machine there are tons of threads that discuss this
 
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noxcuses said:
A mini-itx board with an i5-6th gen processor, 8gig ram, and a video storage drive seems to fit what I'm looking for a 8-10 camera system.
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I’m running a 3rd-gen i7 on a mini-itx w/ 8GB of RAM. No SSD yet, two WD Purple (4TB each). 7 cameras recording (15 MP, 110 FPS) and the CPU load is 10-15%. This is on Windows 10 Professional. If you’re going with a 5th or 6th gen processor, I don’t think you’ll need to tune Windows 10 to squeak out any extra efficiency. I haven’t seen any guides like that around here, other than the advice to install the OS from scratch using media created from Microsoft’s media tool (vs. using an OEM restore image).
 
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jrdnlc said:
Would a i5-4590 be enough for 8 cameras?
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On a Dell 3020 with that same processor I run a mix of 8 or 9 from 1MB - 4MB, most all at 15fps a couple at 20, relatively high bit rates, h.264, direct-to-disc, hardware acceleration, etc., and on through a fairly standard config. Works fine. CPU usually stays ~25% for BI and ~30% overall. Might kick up to ~40-50ish now and then when doing something else on it. Nothing much else running other than a few trivial servers and backup process.
 
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Mike A. said:
On a Dell 3020 with that same processor I run a mix of 8 or 9 from 1MB - 4MB, most all at 15fps a couple at 20, relatively high bit rates, h.264, direct-to-disc, hardware acceleration, etc., and on through a fairly standard config. Works fine. CPU usually stays ~25% for BI and ~30% overall. Might kick up to ~40-50ish now and then when doing something else on it. Nothing much else running other than a few trivial servers and backup process.
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the load will depend on total megapixels, fps and bitrate....the number of actual cameras is irrelevant for the most part.
 
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Mike A. said:
On a Dell 3020 with that same processor I run a mix of 8 or 9 from 1MB - 4MB, most all at 15fps a couple at 20, relatively high bit rates, h.264, direct-to-disc, hardware acceleration, etc., and on through a fairly standard config. Works fine. CPU usually stays ~25% for BI and ~30% overall. Might kick up to ~40-50ish now and then when doing something else on it. Nothing much else running other than a few trivial servers and backup process.
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fenderman said:
the load will depend on total megapixels, fps and bitrate....the number of actual cameras is irrelevant for the most part.
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The camera is 3mp and I'll be running it 10-15fps max. No need go higher than that. I believe the i5-4590 will be just fine.
 
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fenderman said:
the load will depend on total megapixels, fps and bitrate....the number of actual cameras is irrelevant for the most part.
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Yep, which is why I gave some more details for comparison.
 
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Mike A. said:
Yep, which is why I gave some more details for comparison.
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My point is that you don't provide useful information...no idea if you have 7 1mp and 4mp or vice versa.. huge difference
 
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fenderman said:
My point is that you don't provide useful information...no idea if you have 7 1mp and 4mp or vice versa.. huge difference
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If it were that heavily weighted one way or another then I would have said so. It would be something like 2 1MB, 3 2MB, 2 3MB, and 2 4MB. Which is a mess to try to describe in a post intending to just give someone a rough general idea of another system running on the same processor.
 
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