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fenderman said:
I5 6500 Skylake... Don't buy first generation i5...Lots if threads discussing this
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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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Camit said:
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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its not worth the extra money at this time
 
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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.
 
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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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I am looking for a dedicated pc for blue iris as well. The recommendations seem to be i5-6500 8g ram with slot for hd expansion. Looking on ebay i see very few that say i5-6500. Is it safe to say anything i5 second gen and beyond will be ok for a 8 cam 1080p system
 
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vegaslineman said:
I am looking for a dedicated pc for blue iris as well. The recommendations seem to be i5-6500 8g ram with slot for hd expansion. Looking on ebay i see very few that say i5-6500. Is it safe to say anything i5 second gen and beyond will be ok for a 8 cam 1080p system
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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...
 
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vegaslineman said:
I am looking for a dedicated pc for blue iris as well. The recommendations seem to be i5-6500 8g ram with slot for hd expansion. Looking on ebay i see very few that say i5-6500. Is it safe to say anything i5 second gen and beyond will be ok for a 8 cam 1080p system
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I'd stick with the I5-6500, be patient and look at dells outlet, the right deal will pop up.
 
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