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    Upgrade BI PC to SSD

    Replaced the HD with an SSD leaving the non SSD as storage for the recordings. Also upgraded to BI5 and enabled the sub streams for each camera. Difference is like night and day. CPU sitting on 15-20% and memory used <1GB used by BI, not bad for a 2014 Core-i3 and 8GB of RAM!
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    Upgrade BI PC to SSD

    Its fine, you carry on with your day.
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    Upgrade BI PC to SSD

    Thanks. Will check out the PC tonight just to double check it can take an SSD and have the other HD as a second drive. Assuming it an but want to be sure before ordering etc. Can pickup a 256GB SSD from Amazon for about £30 and its about that to get the upgrade to BI by the look of it so for...
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    Upgrade BI PC to SSD

    Christ. Install an SSD for the Operating system to help performance there, i.e. boot time etc. Use the existing non SSD hard drive to store the recordings from BI. Then install v5 of BI combined with the Substream thing wittaj mentioned which should drop the CPU usage.
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    Upgrade BI PC to SSD

    Thanks for your reply. I am on the older 4.x BlueIris but support expired so I don't think I can upgrade it without paying the £65 fee again. I wasn't aware of the Substream option, I will look into it. Sounds like I might get away with upgrading the main drive to an SSD to help the OS...
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    Upgrade BI PC to SSD

    Initially I was considering upgrading my PC hard drive to an SSD but having done some research since posting the original question, I think my best option would be an NVR. You are being a little bit hostile and I am unsure why. This section is called NVR/DVR/Computers so my question was...
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    Upgrade BI PC to SSD

    I literally have a few cameras at home, its not a business like setup where I need bells and whistles. My requirements are literally: Recording of the five cameras to a drive for playback should anything happen, i.e. someone hit my car out front etc Access to those cameras via an app A £200...
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    Upgrade BI PC to SSD

    Thanks for your reply. I am deliberating ditching the PC for an NVR now I have done some more research. I really just need it to record and be able to access the cameras via an app, I don't need fancy bells an whistles and a Hikvision NVR is about £200 so I could ditch the PC and also a POE...
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    Upgrade BI PC to SSD

    Hi I have a 2012 (I think) Dell PC running BlueIris. Its Core i3 and 8GB RAM. Running 5x cameras. 3 Hikvision and 2 IMou Wifi jobbies from Amazon. CPU sits about 90% and RAM about 6-7GB most of the time but its been like that for years and not skipped a beat. However, its painfully slow to...