I would suggest the i5 at a minimum. Nobody here has ever said "Damn, I bought too much CPU for this rig" Then once camera fever sets in you have room to grow. If you are worried about power consumption.. my optiplex i7-4790 clocks in at 23-26 watts (via kill-a-watt meter) with 3tb HD, 250 SSD and 8gb ram.
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I would suggest the i5 at a minimum. Nobody here has ever said "Damn, I bought too much CPU for this rig" Then once camera fever sets in you have room to grow. If you are worried about power consumption.. my optiplex i7-4790 clocks in at 23-26 watts (via kill-a-watt meter) with 3tb HD, 250 SSD and 8gb ram.
So what is the process of switching BI over to another computer? Do I just download it, install the key or what else is there?
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The small form factor (not the ultra slim desktop) is good because there is room for a 3.5 drive and a 2.5 drive.
Good info there - for anyone else researching the SFF units.
HP SFF has the room for extra drive. (HP G1 user manual - all three case variations)
Dell Optiplex SFF does not have any free drive bays. You can add a SSD and stick it some where in the case.
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Looks like you run a lot of cams what is your cpu uasage? How many cams do you think an i5 with 8gigs of ram can handle on average?
@fenderman has done more setups with the i5 units and claims 16mp worth of camera is what that machine can handle with ease. So you can easy run 8 Hik turret/bullet cams @ 2mp 1080, 15fps, direct to disk and be in good shape.
I am running 41mp worth of camera on my i7-2600 machine.... 41% CPU usage
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With hardware acceleration it can do more. It will vary based on fps and how many cameras are recording at once.@fenderman has done more setups with the i5 units and claims 16mp worth of camera is what that machine can handle with ease. So you can easy run 8 Hik turret/bullet cams @ 2mp 1080, 15fps, direct to disk and be in good shape.
I am running 41mp worth of camera on my i7-2600 machine.... 41% CPU usage
I am running 10 Hik cameras, total 32mp @ 15fps on an i5-4460 with 8GB.
My CPU usage is steady at 35%.
My CPU usage is steady at 35%.
I am getting ready to move over to a more robust computer, I know I am to deactivate the current one and also export. Will the export save all the camera settings or what does it export? Anything else I should do?
That is impressive, how do you like the hik cams, do you have dome or bullet, wifi, poe? I am looking to get a couple more cameras eventually.
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yes it will save the camera settings. You will have to reenter the license key so make sure you have it.
I have (8) ds-2cd2032f-i and (2) ds-2cd2142fwd-is, managed to hard wire them all to gigabit LAN with cat6. Very pleased with the cameras so far.
Looking at the volume of data these cameras can generate, I don't think wifi is an option for me at all.
Hi. New to the forum and trying to assemble my first camera set-up with BI and a PC. I have four Amcrest 1080p cameras.
I'm confused about the GHz thing...I'm looking at a Dell OptiPlex 9020 Micro with an Intel Core 4th Generation i5-4590T processor, but it only says 2.0 GHz. That's not very fast, is it?
Is a PC like this good for my set up?
OptiPlex 9020 Micro Processor: Intel Core 4th Generation i5-4590T Processor (Quad Core, 6MB, 2.00GHz, 35W)
500 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
8GB (1x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3L Memory
Dell Outlet OptiPlex 9020 Micro
Thank you.
I'm confused about the GHz thing...I'm looking at a Dell OptiPlex 9020 Micro with an Intel Core 4th Generation i5-4590T processor, but it only says 2.0 GHz. That's not very fast, is it?
Is a PC like this good for my set up?
OptiPlex 9020 Micro Processor: Intel Core 4th Generation i5-4590T Processor (Quad Core, 6MB, 2.00GHz, 35W)
500 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
8GB (1x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3L Memory
Dell Outlet OptiPlex 9020 Micro
Thank you.
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The 4930k seems to have been the current professor of choice for a while. Is there a more up to date processor that may be the new recommendation that only incurs an incremental cost increase (<= $150)?
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The T model has a lower clock speed because its a low power consumption processor. Its not as powerful as a standard 4590 or even 4590s. It will be sufficient for 4 1080p cameras.
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The 4930k is a poor choice for blue iris because it does not have intel HD graphics and therefore you cannot use hardware acceleration.
Its is also a powerhog and actually a third gen ivy bridge (E) model that is end of life.
Look at the new skylake i7-6700(k)..
So it sounds like I should go with a better processor. I've been keeping an eye on the Dell Outlet.
So, the 9020 Micro is OK, then?
So, the 9020 Micro is OK, then?
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It depends on your load.
The micro also has no room for a full size hard drive for storage.
The newer skylake based dell systems are also out, 5040/7040
I'm assuming this would be a better system being 6th gen Skylake and all:
Inspiron 3650 Mini Tower Desktop
- Processor: Intel Core 6th Generation i5-6400 Processor (Quad Core, up to 3.3GHz, 6M Cache, 65W)
- Windows 10 Home 64bit English
- 1 TB 2.5-Inch SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
- 12 GB DDR3L Dual Channel 1600MHz (8GBx1 + 4GBx1)
- 8X DVD +/- RW Drive
- Integrated Video Card
- Silver
- Dell Outlet Inspiron 3650 Mini Tower Desktop
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