Blue Iris is working fine but my computer is lagging

[TonyR]

Yes that's my mistake. Dell optiplex is highly recommended here but I didn't realise there were different types so I got the All-in-one. I also bought the 3.5'' 4TB WD Purple which is also recommended here but it was too big to fit the AIO computer when I opened it so I just connected it to the USB port. Is there a 2.5'' surveillance SSD you can recommend? Also is there a way to transfer windows and everything already on the HDD to the 2.5'' SSD without having to program the cameras again?

"Macrium Reflect 8 Free" version can clone the HDD to a 2.5" SSD. I did 2 last year and 2 this year already. One of them I actually cloned a 1TB HDD to a 500GB SSD, re-sizing the partitions, all boot up great and all are Win 10.
WD makes a SSD Purple, I can't say anything about it, though.

 

[Flintstone61]

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[Flintstone61]

 

[Flintstone61]

the above drives are compatible with your Dell.

 

[fenderman]

Just found out it's actually a HDD not SSD. I have the 4TB Western Digital Purple. It's currently connected by USB because its too big to fit into the All-in-one dell optiplex.

Wow even worse. Your system is simply terribly configured. Put the is and blue iris on an SSD. 50 bux will solve your problem.

 

[wittaj]

You are not going to be moving this computer around, so tape the HDD to the interior or exterior of the computer. Is it ideal...NO....is it better than USB...ABSOLUTELY....

 

[sebastiantombs]

Velcro is your friend in a case (pun intended) like this.

 

[Kingchimmy]

You are not going to be moving this computer around, so tape the HDD to the interior or exterior of the computer. Is it ideal...NO....is it better than USB...ABSOLUTELY....

I don't mind taping it but right now I have the HDD in an enclosure thing connected via USB. Is there a way to connect the HDD inside the motherboard directly? The reason I connected it with via USB is because it's a 3.5" while my computer only has space for a 2.5". I really don't mind tapping it if there's a way to directly connect it inside the computer.

 

[wittaj]

The cables should be there for the 2.5 (or a space on the motherboard to purchase the cable and plug it in). Or if it has a DVD drive, take the drive out or unhook the cables that go to it and plug it into the HDD.

 

[Kingchimmy]

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Thanks for all the help, it really means so much to me. I found this Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB - M.2 NVME internal SSD with V- NAND on Amazon for $219 which is $20 more than the crucial P2 you recommended earlier, it's faster and has twice the TBW. Should I get this one and do you know if it is compatible with my dell optiplex? Here's the amazon link Amazon.com

 

[fenderman]

Thanks for all the help, it really means so much to me. I found this Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB - M.2 NVME internal SSD with V- NAND on Amazon for $219 which is $20 more than the crucial P2 you recommended earlier, it's faster and has twice the TBW. Should I get this one and do you know if it is compatible with my dell optiplex? Here's the amazon link Amazon.com

You are trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. Regardless of the size of the SSD you will need to use an external drive because your AIO pc cannot hold a 3.5 drive. This will ultimately cause issues. You can buy a dedicated PC for blue iris for less than 300 dollars, including the ssd for the OS and BI. Problem solved.

 

[Kingchimmy]

You are trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. Regardless of the size of the SSD you will need to use an external drive because your AIO pc cannot hold a 3.5 drive. This will ultimately cause issues. You can buy a dedicated PC for blue iris for less than 300 dollars, including the ssd for the OS and BI. Problem solved.

I spent over $700 on the AIO already. It wouldn't make sense buying another pc at this point. I have to do the best with what I already have. My setup was running perfectly fine for over a year until recently. So I believe adding an internal SSD for BI and Windows and even keeping the new data on the external HD will still work perfectly fine for me.

 

[fenderman]

I spent over $700 on the AIO already. It wouldn't make sense buying another pc at this point. I have to do the best with what I already have. My setup was running perfectly fine for over a year until recently. So I believe adding an internal SSD for BI and Windows and even keeping the new data on the external HD will still work perfectly fine for me.

Sell the all-in-one, don't throw good money after bad money. You are considering spending $220 on an SSD, went for $80 more you can solve your entire problem. You're going to spend all this money and then have issues with the USB drive disconnecting