specs of my BI build and using USB drives

[Matthew Garner]

Well ive finally dusted of the cobwebs and checked my old pc, im using a HP elite desk 800 G2 with a I5 6500 and 8gb of ram in dual channel 2133mhz. Its the only PC in the house that uses DDR4 so cant tax any more ram.
Its also equipped with a WD blue 500gb drive.

Im planning to run 4-6 x dahua 4mp cameras and 2 doorbell cameras (3mp) will i be pushing my 6500 to hard?

now i know surveillance drives are recommended but is it crazy to run a standard WD green drive and am i able to run it off usb rather than puttting it in the case

 

[IAmATeaf]

That’s the same CPU that I run, I currently have 8 Dahua 2Mp Starlight cams at 15fps which doesn’t trouble the CPU in the least. I’d recommend more than 8Gb of RAM, I have 12Gb installed as I’ve seen a few posts here where increasing beyond 8Gb resolves issues.

In terms of hard drives, that PC should have space for 2 internal full size drives, it’s a no to running off USB from me as that will be a bottleneck.

Also consider installing an SSD for the OS and BI database as that will help with overall usability.

 

[TonyR]

Also consider installing an SSD for the OS and BI database as that will help with overall usability.

To clarify for @Matthew Garner , on the SSD is Windows, the BI program and BI's 'db' folder; video clips to internal HDD or NAS.

 

[Matthew Garner]

Yea it has room for 1 more hdd. I thought ssd's made minimal difference other than booting.

Will try to get another matched pair of ram to give me 4 x 4gb sticks

I'm not sure If I can run 2 hdd and a ssd ill need to check Sata headers.

Im also going to run wifi to my normal network and keep the ethernet for my cameras

 

[SouthernYankee]

It is strongly recommended to not have the BI new folder on the C drive or a USB drive.

In a normal configuration you can have the Stored folder on a USB driver. Note that most USB drivers are not designed for the BI write load.

 

[Matthew Garner]

I'll Deffinitly run bi from the Installed drive. Just the storage dive I thought it may be easyier to use USB till I got arround to buying a proper survalince drive.