PC On Sale?

[Elgato54]

I know Dell is pretty much Bottom of the Barrel but opinions on this for BI?

 

[gwminor48]

I have 4 Dells that have been really good so I don't think of them as bottom of the barrel, as to the price, it sounds good to me but I'll appreciate more knowledgeable folks chiming in here.

 

[mat200]

I know Dell is pretty much Bottom of the Barrel but opinions on this for BI?

Hi @Elgato54

Specs from that box look good .. Dell Inspiron .. I would check to see if you can add another HDD to that easily for video storage ..

In general I like the Optiplex line better as they tend to be more robust ..

 

[Elgato54]

I just looked at some of the benchmarks and this I5 beats the I7-8700K in almost every one. Pretty impressive. Even without an additional 3 1/2 drive slot you could just
upgrade the 1TB drive. Seems like a lot of hardware for $500 new and its small.

 

[tng5737]

That looks like a fair price. The SSD is a plus and the secondary 1tb would be good enough for most people. Decent processor. I've had a Dell laptop for about 15 years and it still going strong.

 

[Elgato54]

Hi @Elgato54

Specs from that box look good .. Dell Inspiron .. I would check to see if you can add another HDD to that easily for video storage ..

In general I like the Optiplex line better as they tend to be more robust ..

Isn't the Optiplex the business line and Inspiron retail? I know that often they are the same hardware but the retail SW is loaded up with crap.

 

[Elgato54]

Big question is can you build anything better for $500. It would be hard.

 

[mat200]

Isn't the Optiplex the business line and Inspiron retail? I know that often they are the same hardware but the retail SW is loaded up with crap.

Inspiron from my experience the hardware was not as durable as the Optiplex hardware .. and yes extra software bloat on retail customers ..

That stated, I have seen some really bad Dell Laptops sold to enterprises .. some had about a 30-60% replacements required for their trackpads .. so quality does vary and you can get lemon models / runs on any hardware platform ..

 

[mat200]

FYI - Dell configurator not allowing me to reproduce this exact configuration ..

does look like a deal from Costco still .. as the lower price from Dell is $549 and does not include the 1TB HDD nor the same amount of RAM ..

 

[Mike A.]

Question is what are you going to do with it? You can run BI with a lot of cams well now on a much lesser system for a lot less money so you may not need that much. Nothing wrong with a better computer if you want it and want to spend the extra money though.

 

[tng5737]

FYI, I'm running BI on an HP Elite 800 - G1 w. Intel i7-4770 @ 3.40ghz and 16gb ram The OS is w10. BI runs 11 cams and generally runs abt 10% or less cpu. It's also running Deepstack I got the system on eBay for under $200 I did add the 500gb ssd which added some to the cost

 

[Elgato54]

FYI, I'm running BI on an HP Elite 880 - G1 w. Intel i7-4770 @ 3.40ghz and 16gb ram The OS is w10. BI runs 11 cams and generally runs abt 10% or less cpu. It's also running Deepstack I got the system on eBay for under $200 I did add the 500gb ssd which added some to the cost

I have an older I7-3770 with an SSD and a 1TB drive. It would probably be fine for 5 cameras. It is in an old Corsair case that is huge and probably draws a lot more power.
The idea of an appliance size PC with current hardware, windows 11 and a warranty is attractive. Normally I do not care for pre made retail PC's but to build something comparable
would cost around $800 or more.

 

[Flintstone61]

( looks at his new /used i7-8700 Dell Precision and weeps)