Trying to make a decision on my system

[Saltman]

Fujitsu Esprimo D556 E85+ Desktop i5-6500 8GB DDR4 RAM 500GB HDD Windows 10 Pro | eBay

HP ProDesk 400 G3 SFF 500GB HDD GB RAM Core i5 6500 3.2GHz Win10 Desktop PC #638 | eBay

Confirm with @fenderman first.. he knows better than me

Do I need to buy another external hardrive to attach to these as well. If so, how big should the drive be when writing from blue iris?

 

[Cameraguy]

Do I need to buy another external hardrive to attach to these as well. If so, how big should the drive be when writing from blue iris?

They come with HD. I'm in the process of getting a ssd to run windows and bi then record to the hd.. just haven't bought a ssd yet

 

[Saltman]

They come with HD. I'm in the process of getting a ssd to run windows and bi then record to the hd.. just haven't bought a ssd yet

I see that they do come with the drives, I just wasn't sure how much hard drive space I should keep to write on when recording 24/7 from blue iris.

 

[Cameraguy]

I see that they do come with the drives, I just wasn't sure how much hard drive space I should keep to write on when recording 24/7 from blue iris.

Probably want to get a large wd purple for recordings and an atleast 240 ssd.. that's what I'm going with eventually

 

[aristobrat]

@aristobrat is this the switch that you use? https://amzn.to/2KejbFd.

That is the switch (UniFi 16-port PoE) that I use and I would *not* recommend that model.

There’s a thread on the UniFi community forum with hundreds of folks having problems with this specific model switch dropping power to the ports unexpectedly. Problems been happening for over a year but hasn’t been resolved. Their other model switches seem fine (like the 8 port model you were looking at).

Overall I love the UniFi network stuff, but this 16-port model has been a huge letdown for me.

 

[Cameraguy]

HP ProDesk 600 G2 Core i5-6500, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD Windows 10 Pro | eBay


HP ProDesk 600 G2 SFF Computer i5-6500 3.2Ghz 8GB DDR4 128GB SSD+500GB HDD W10P | eBay

 

[looney2ns]

Monoprice Entegrade Cat6A Ethernet Patch Cable - Zeroboot RJ45, Stranded, 550Mhz, STP, Pure Bare Copper Wire, 10G, 26AWG, 7ft, Blue - Monoprice.com is this ok for the cat6 cable for the system? Theres so many ratings it confusing. I just wanna make sure I'm getting top notch cat6 for my cams and system

You want 24 or 23 AWG cables, lower numbers=bigger wire.

 

[looney2ns]

I see that they do come with the drives, I just wasn't sure how much hard drive space I should keep to write on when recording 24/7 from blue iris.

See this: Wiki

 

[eqly]

Sorry, didn't know where to pose this question. Still trying to decide what to purchase as first system. What do you folks think about this one?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07S18S981/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AM1AKWRN957PC&psc=1

 

[fenderman]

Sorry, didn't know where to pose this question. Still trying to decide what to purchase as first system. What do you folks think about this one?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07S18S981/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AM1AKWRN957PC&psc=1

Its like this entire forum and thread dont exist. Start with reading the cliff notes.

 

[looney2ns]

Its like this entire forum and thread dont exist. Start with reading the cliff notes.

Didn't ya know, this is just an episode of Stranger Things.