PC with Blue Iris or NVR? Which one to choose for 24/7 recording?
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fenderman
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I5 6500 Skylake... Don't buy first generation i5...Lots if threads discussing this
What about the intel 7th gen Kaby lake those are out now . I guess it would be hard finding a machine with that CPU for under 500.00 anyhow anyone test with BI yet ?
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looney2ns
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Buy a factory reconditioned Dell Optiplex or HP Elitedesktop from Ebay or the manufacture. They will come with a 3 year warranty.
You want at least an i5-6500 with Win10Pro and 8gb of ram. No stand alone videocard. Use the Intel HD that's built in.
Purchase the largest WD Purple HD you can afford.
The machine in my sig hums along at 25 watts recording 6 cams.
You want at least an i5-6500 with Win10Pro and 8gb of ram. No stand alone videocard. Use the Intel HD that's built in.
Purchase the largest WD Purple HD you can afford.
The machine in my sig hums along at 25 watts recording 6 cams.
Would take PC over NVR every time; more flexibility and options. Plus, NVRs depend on motion detection by the camera which almost always sucks. As others have mentioned, go with a Skylake i5 and Blue Iris and don't look back.
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fenderman
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it will but its not worth buying those older systems unless you are paying much less, 100-150 vs 300...also note that skylake and up supports hardware decoding for h.265 which will likely be implemented in blue iris is the future...
looney2ns
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I'd stick with the I5-6500, be patient and look at dells outlet, the right deal will pop up.