Hello everyone,
I'm just looking for some friendly advice and maybe a nudge in the right direction. Long story short, I had blue iris in the past running on a gaming laptop, with 5 cameras (3 exterior, 2 interior), but with a new place of living, it's time to get a bit more serious, as-well-as efficient since the laptop definitely has some serious downfalls.
From the looks of it, with the new place, with some planning, I'm at around 8 cameras total. The thing is, I'm not entirely certain whether or not I will be in need of more. If my estimates in coverage are correct, I'll be ok.
So with that in mind, I've thought about getting an NVR system, but seeing as the mobile apps seem subpar, I already have a POE switch & 5 existing cameras (3 different manufacturers), and compatibility of future cameras could be an issue, another Blue Iris setup, seems to make more sense. So now I'm looking at workstations.
It seems like I will be around the 500-800 MP/s range for the cameras, in reality, in the near future, I don't think I will exceed 10 cameras.
I'm also looking to stay around the 200$ mark for the workstation, obviously, the less the better but I want to have something decent enough to not go crazy with power consumption.
Don't care too much about hard drives as I have 2TB if I remember correctly, and if needed I will be getting a WD Purple. OS doesn't matter either as I have licenses I can use.
I've found the following for "average" prices, all come with 8gb of ram.
i5 7600 259
i5 7500 233
i5 6500 180
i5 6600 220
I've seen a few people recommend a 4590 but those go for around ~100$ give or take shipping and such but with 4GB of ram, so add another 30$ish and I'm looking at a price similar to the i5-6500, which in my opinion would make more sense.
Does anyone have experience with the above? Maybe one better than the other? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
I'm just looking for some friendly advice and maybe a nudge in the right direction. Long story short, I had blue iris in the past running on a gaming laptop, with 5 cameras (3 exterior, 2 interior), but with a new place of living, it's time to get a bit more serious, as-well-as efficient since the laptop definitely has some serious downfalls.
From the looks of it, with the new place, with some planning, I'm at around 8 cameras total. The thing is, I'm not entirely certain whether or not I will be in need of more. If my estimates in coverage are correct, I'll be ok.
So with that in mind, I've thought about getting an NVR system, but seeing as the mobile apps seem subpar, I already have a POE switch & 5 existing cameras (3 different manufacturers), and compatibility of future cameras could be an issue, another Blue Iris setup, seems to make more sense. So now I'm looking at workstations.
It seems like I will be around the 500-800 MP/s range for the cameras, in reality, in the near future, I don't think I will exceed 10 cameras.
I'm also looking to stay around the 200$ mark for the workstation, obviously, the less the better but I want to have something decent enough to not go crazy with power consumption.
Don't care too much about hard drives as I have 2TB if I remember correctly, and if needed I will be getting a WD Purple. OS doesn't matter either as I have licenses I can use.
I've found the following for "average" prices, all come with 8gb of ram.
i5 7600 259
i5 7500 233
i5 6500 180
i5 6600 220
I've seen a few people recommend a 4590 but those go for around ~100$ give or take shipping and such but with 4GB of ram, so add another 30$ish and I'm looking at a price similar to the i5-6500, which in my opinion would make more sense.
Does anyone have experience with the above? Maybe one better than the other? Any advice is greatly appreciated!