where are you guys finding i7-6700 Dells under 500?

[fenderman]

Thanks for clarification. Although now I'm jealous!

You can add an m2 drive to your sff as well, though you dont really need a dvd drive so its a wash..

 

[RCC]

Isn't RAM speed important? I see alot of these I-7 CPUs with good prices but DDR3 ram. DDR4 is much faster 1600 (ish) vs 2100 mz. Do not get me wrong, if you can get an I7 for under $500, that is a good deal. But I notice some of these good I7 deals have DDR3 ram speeds. Perhaps BI doesn't really require fast ram speeds?

 

[fenderman]

Isn't RAM speed important? I see alot of these I-7 CPUs with good prices but DDR3 ram. DDR4 is much faster 1600 (ish) vs 2100 mz. Do not get me wrong, if you can get an I7 for under $500, that is a good deal. But I notice some of these good I7 deals have DDR3 ram speeds. Perhaps BI doesn't really require fast ram speeds?

Ram speed is imperceptible...its makes virtually no difference..1 percent perhaps is some situations...if that, which is imperceptible in the real world..

 

[didithepest]

I bought an Optiplex 7040 mini tower that came with a AMD Radeon R5 340X, 2GB (DP, SL-DVI-I) card. Should I remove it before I install BI or just keep it in?


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[ldasilva]

I bought an Optiplex 7040 mini tower that came with a AMD Radeon R5 340X, 2GB (DP, SL-DVI-I) card. Should I remove it before I install BI or just keep it in?


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Remove it to get best use out of pc
Bi the won't use that card only intel

 

[spinrut]

i know this thread is about $500 i7 6700s, but does this seem like a decent deal?
from slickdeals:
Dell PowerEdge T30 Mini Tower Server @Dell $399 FS

No OS, so you'd need to get a copy of win 10 pro, but the xeon seems to be roughly equivalent to an i5 skylake.
no hyper threading though (4c/4t) and looks to have higher tdp (80 vs 65) than regular i5
Granted it isn't an optiplex like is being discussed, but it is a poweredge (so part of their enterprise line).
Has room for 4 3.5" drives and 2 2.5" drives it looks like.
Thoughts?

 

[fenderman]

i know this thread is about $500 i7 6700s, but does this seem like a decent deal?
from slickdeals:
Dell PowerEdge T30 Mini Tower Server @Dell $399 FS

No OS, so you'd need to get a copy of win 10 pro, but the xeon seems to be roughly equivalent to an i5 skylake.
no hyper threading though (4c/4t) and looks to have higher tdp (80 vs 65) than regular i5
Granted it isn't an optiplex like is being discussed, but it is a poweredge (so part of their enterprise line).
Has room for 4 3.5" drives and 2 2.5" drives it looks like.
Thoughts?

unless you need room for the drives you are paying 500 for an i5...

 

[Dave Lindsay]

Dell Outlet is having a 72 hour sale. 10% off with code 'GDOSiteW10' - ends April 18th.

 

[hmjgriffon]

Dell Outlet is having a 72 hour sale. 10% off with code 'GDOSiteW10' - ends April 18th.

I'd also try to contact them in an online chat, cry about needing the payment split in half so your bank doesn't reject it and they might give you $100 off like they did when I bought my laptop lol.

 

[tangent]

10% off is pretty weak as dell outlet sales go.

 

[jazzy1]

any new deals on Blueiris machines? I have an HP Proliant server running WHS 2012 and it's crawling right now with 3 Amcrest 1080p cams and a couple lower quality cams...100% cpu constantly .....going to have 4 Dahua 5231s and a PTZ Dahua...so need something that will be smooth as butter....what do you guys recommend of the HP or Dell deals out right now???...definitely want to get something where I can add lots of drives for storage.

 

[tangent]

any new deals on Blueiris machines? I have an HP Proliant server running WHS 2012 and it's crawling right now with 3 Amcrest 1080p cams and a couple lower quality cams...100% cpu constantly .....going to have 4 Dahua 5231s and a PTZ Dahua...so need something that will be smooth as butter....what do you guys recommend of the HP or Dell deals out right now???...definitely want to get something where I can add lots of drives for storage.

Servers often have processors that don't support hardware acceleration for video. Also make sure direct to disk is enabled.
You can get WD Purples in sizes up to 10TB. More than 2 hdds aren't needed very often. A lot of the budget machines can only accommodate 2-3 internal hard drives, maybe 4 if you remove the optical drive.

 

[jazzy1]

Servers often have processors that don't support hardware acceleration for video. Also make sure direct to disk is enabled.
You can get WD Purples in sizes up to 10TB. More than 2 hdds aren't needed very often. A lot of the budget machines can only accommodate 2-3 internal hard drives, maybe 4 if you remove the optical drive.

ya, definitely no hardware acceleration on this one....and direct to disk already enabled.....it's just a kind of outdated setup I think...or under-powered for this purpose...I like it cause I have like 4 drives in there but I'm ready to
give up on the whole idea of the home server and want a Blueiris setup that will be future-proof..

 

[jazzy1]

anyone seen any decent Blueiris machine deals?

 

[aristobrat]

Folks will sometimes start threads in this sub-forum when they see a good deal on eBay the has more than one or two available to buy, so keep an eye on that.

 

[Yetz]

Elitedesk 800 G2 SFF i7 6700 for $600. This is the best price right now for this machine I think. I searched everywhere for a while and managed to get a brand new one on Amazon for $520 three days ago.

HP EliteDesk 800 G2 SFF Desktop i7-3.4GHz 8GB 256GB-SSD Windows 10 Pro

 

[jazzy1]

Elitedesk 800 G2 SFF i7 6700 for $600. This is the best price right now for this machine I think. I searched everywhere for a while and managed to get a brand new one on Amazon for $520 three days ago.

HP EliteDesk 800 G2 SFF Desktop i7-3.4GHz 8GB 256GB-SSD Windows 10 Pro

Cool... was amazon the seller? Or a marketplace seller??

What do u think of those Dell desktop deals that have been popping up over the last while ? I7 machines. Would they make decent blueiris servers? I'm gonna have probably 7x 1080p cams.

 

[Yetz]

Cool... was amazon the seller? Or a marketplace seller??

What do u think of those Dell desktop deals that have been popping up over the last while ? I7 machines. Would they make decent blueiris servers? I'm gonna have probably 7x 1080p cams.

Amazon was the seller. They put one for $520 new, it might have been a price mistake but nonetheless they shipped it. Not sure about the Dells but on these HPs you can add another hard drive easily. I have 4 1080p cams at the moment on this machine and the CPU stays at 7%.

 

[jazzy1]

What do you guys think of this i7 Desktop PC as a Blueiris machine at Fry's for $499?:
Acer Aspire AXC-780-UR16 Desktop PC with Intel Core i7-7700 Processor 3.6GHz,4GB Memory,1TB Hard Drive,Built in Wifi + Bluetooth
Either I'd use it as the Blueiris machine, OR use my existing which is i7-2600 @ 3.4ghz (think that would do the job?)

Thanks!

 

[bug99]

The only issue i see is you will need to do some juggling on drives. If you want two WD Purple drives, then the HDD and the optical would need to go, and then you would want to buy an m.2 (two slots) for the OS then re-install.