Dell Optiplex for BI

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I'm looking for a Dell Optiplex to run BI/CodeProject.AI on. It will have an SSD for Windows and BI, with the video recorded onto a HDD. Because the video is going to the HDD, is there any advantage to getting an Optiplex that uses the NVMe protocol?

Looking at it another way, if SATA is good enough to stream to a HDD, why would I even want to consider NVMe?

Looking at the Optiplex wiki, I see that NVMe was introduced in series 6, models 3090/5090/7090. If I wanted NVMe, I would then have to go for one of those, probably a 7090.

Side notes:
The 7070 is series 5.
The 7080 is series 6, but doesn't have NVMe capabilities.

So that brings me to my second question: Would a 7070 with a 9th gen CPU be sufficient for 10-12 4MP/8MP cameras, with some recording 24x7 and the others recording on motion only (and using CodeProject.AI as well). I know that's not very specific, but I want something that will be future proof as Windows becomes more bloated and BI adds more features.

Or should I spend more for a 7080 (10th gen CPU) or 7090 (11th gen CPU)?

I don't want overkill, just something that will last far into the future. Thanks.
 
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Don't over look the Dell Precision towers for more drive bay capacity....some of the Opti's are office cube machines, and they are doing away with the 3.5" drive bay....or having a " multipurpose 3,5" bay with a 2,5" adapter.
 
I literally have 3- 3.5" drive bays available. and Windows is running on an NVME drive attached to the mother board. the 2.5" drive in the bay is a clone of C:\ running every couple of hours on Macrium Reflect. and you can put a hefty Video card in them as well. Theres even room for wayward Spiders :)

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Having said all that. I was/can run BI on my 10 cams with a Optiplex i5-4590...with no video card in a simple scheme. Somedays I think it would be easier on the electric bills if my daily driver could be shut down, and let the old 4590 run BI.....
 
or for 11th gen for less money...the i5 with the XPS line
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metrangia said:
Looking at the Optiplex wiki, I see that NVMe was introduced in series 6, models 3090/5090/7090. If I wanted NVMe, I would then have to go for one of those, probably a 7090.
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That's not right. My 7040 several series back has NVMe.

Go with 8th gen CPU or higher and you'll be fine for that load. I run 20+ cams including several 4K, a bunch of 4MP, and some others most all recording 24x7 on a i7-6700 and it does fine. Idles at ~15%. If I trigger a couple of 4K cams and several others all at the same time it might hit 50%.
 
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Mike A. said:
That's not right. My 7040 several series back has NVMe.

Go with 8th gen CPU or higher and you'll be fine for that load. I run 20+ cams including several 4K, a bunch of 4MP, and some others most all recording 24x7 on a i7-6700 and it does fine. Idles at ~15%. If I trigger a couple of 4K cams and several others all at the same time it might hit 50%.
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That's good to know about your NVMe on a 7040. The Wikipedia Optiplex page is wrong then. It mentions M.2 drives, but doesn't specify NVMe.
 
metrangia said:
That's good to know about your NVMe on a 7040. The Wikipedia Optiplex page is wrong then. It mentions M.2 drives, but doesn't specify NVMe.
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Top of page 48 here:
Table 29. Drives (continued)
Feature Specification
M.2 PCIe SSD
M.2 PCIe 256GB 2280 SED SSD ● M.2 PCIe 256GB NVMe SSD ● M.2 PCIe 512GB NVMe SSD
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Maybe the table is showing default config and the NVMe was an option or something like that or it just isn't complete. But the slot does support PCIe/NVMe. Mine came with but I bought as an off-lease machine.
 
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