Blue Iris PC Upgrade

[Bob Schulz]

Hi all
I have been running Blue Iris on a meek i5-4590 for quite awhile now. Now that I am up to 12-15 cams and 2 of them larger PTZs the slowness is getting worse..
Dell Optiplex 7080 Mini Tower 16gb, 256 SSD and 4TB.
Assuming a IF-8500 is what I need. Any options with retrofitting this case with a MB and Ram? Any ideas what or where to purchase?
Or should i just get a deal on a new unit on Ebay.

 

[wittaj]

Have you done all of the optimizations? Many still use a 4th gen just fine.

Granted a newer model like an i5-8500 would be better, but your machine is still quite capable.

My humble i5-4590 still humming along with 30+ cams:

I see people posting about their i7-xxxx system bogging down with less than 10 cameras so I wanted to update my setup. I have ~33 cams running on my BI system: HP Elitedesk 800 G1 tower i5-4590 @ 3.3GHz 16GB ram 12TB total purple drives for storage 30+ total cams currently - 22 cams visible in...

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Optimizing Blue Iris's CPU Usage

Blue Iris uses a lot of CPU time. In most Blue Iris installations, your CPU is the limiting factor which determines how many cameras you can have. As such, it is extremely important to optimize your configuration to ensure you can get the most out of your system while consuming the least...

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[Flintstone61]

A dell optiplex 7080 should be running a newer chip than a 4590. are saying your looking at that? or?

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[Flintstone61]

HP EliteDesk 800 G4 SFF i5-8500 3.0GHz 16GB RAM 256 SSD Win 11 Pro | eBay

Desktop is in great shape, although since it has been previously used there are a few scratches around unit. Windows 11 Pro.

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[Flintstone61]

I wouldn't screw around with motherboards. chances are, whatever you have now, for a case, isn't going to accept a Dell motherboard readily. They tend to use proprietary form factors after about the 7020 Optiplex era in Mini tower boards.

 

[Bob Schulz]

I wouldn't screw around with motherboards. chances are, whatever you have now, for a case, isn't going to accept a Dell motherboard readily. They tend to use proprietary form factors after about the 7020 Optiplex era in Mini tower boards.

It is a dell mini tower. I am quite capable of upgrading anything in it.

 

[Bob Schulz]

Have you done all of the optimizations? Many still use a 4th gen just fine.

Granted a newer model like an i5-8500 would be better, but your machine is still quite capable.

My humble i5-4590 still humming along with 30+ cams:

I see people posting about their i7-xxxx system bogging down with less than 10 cameras so I wanted to update my setup. I have ~33 cams running on my BI system: HP Elitedesk 800 G1 tower i5-4590 @ 3.3GHz 16GB ram 12TB total purple drives for storage 30+ total cams currently - 22 cams visible in...

ipcamtalk.com

Optimizing Blue Iris's CPU Usage

Blue Iris uses a lot of CPU time. In most Blue Iris installations, your CPU is the limiting factor which determines how many cameras you can have. As such, it is extremely important to optimize your configuration to ensure you can get the most out of your system while consuming the least...

ipcamtalk.com

Yes I have done all the optimizations. I am still chugging along mostly fine . Playback can be crappy at times

 

[Flintstone61]

So am I, It's much simpler to get an i5-8500 ready to go for $150 bucks, than reinvent the wheel.

 

[Flintstone61]

Crappy playback could be the performance limits of having 1 Hard drive. or the performance limits of that particular hard drive.

 

[Flintstone61]

What is the machine your running now, and what are you asking? Optiplex's running 4590's were the 9020 series. Proprietary pinout on the motherboard PSU plug. 8070 might have simliar pinout, but the I/O backplane could be in a different location physically than the motherboard standoff's in the case.

 

[Bob Schulz]

Crappy playback could be the performance limits of having 1 Hard drive. or the performance limits of that particular hard drive.

I have a 256 SSD for just OS, BI and DB. Data drive with no moving of clips of 4GB. Recommended drives. Not so much playback performance. More like CPU usage that slows down access of viewing live. Etc

 

[Flintstone61]

yeah it could be the CPU is too busy and reached it's performance limit with your current setup. maybe the data drive is ok, but what is it?
Some desktop drive do surveilance just fine, and some others, not so much...
i see an uptick in system performance for playback when I use the Western digital surveilance rated drives. Some people dont think so...whatever.

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