Firstly, I just want to say I understand this question has been done to death and I have read a lot of threads, including the guides etc and apologies for being a broken record.
Building a PC for Blue Iris (don't have the access to all the deals on refurbished machines as in the US), and basically just need CPU/RAM/Motherboard, which I will probably buy new. Initially I will have approximately 12 2MP Dahua cameras, 11 set to record at 15FPS on motion, 1 will be set to record 24/7 also at 15fps. I could see this growing as high as 20 cameras (definitely no more) and most if not all will be 2MP (so lets say a total of 40MP). The PC will be only running blue iris as a service, no other software apart from the O.S..
I am trying to keep costs down, but at the end of the day I want a stable system that isn't hitting the wall with CPU. In my situation will an i5 (albeit a coffee lake/6 core, single thread per core) be adequate or should I move up to an i7?
Building a PC for Blue Iris (don't have the access to all the deals on refurbished machines as in the US), and basically just need CPU/RAM/Motherboard, which I will probably buy new. Initially I will have approximately 12 2MP Dahua cameras, 11 set to record at 15FPS on motion, 1 will be set to record 24/7 also at 15fps. I could see this growing as high as 20 cameras (definitely no more) and most if not all will be 2MP (so lets say a total of 40MP). The PC will be only running blue iris as a service, no other software apart from the O.S..
I am trying to keep costs down, but at the end of the day I want a stable system that isn't hitting the wall with CPU. In my situation will an i5 (albeit a coffee lake/6 core, single thread per core) be adequate or should I move up to an i7?
