Looking for a PC for BI

[Miacomo]

I'm running 45 cams...all are at 6MP, except for 4 at 4MP
I'm looking for a refurb PC that has enough CPU to do what I need here. I want it to be able to do dual channel 32G memory. I would like to have the c: drive as a SSD for the Win 10 OS and BI and I'll be adding an 8TB HDD for video storage (maybe a second identical one too). I'll be running AI on about 75% of the cams for smart motion sense (using IVS on the NVR now). Based on what I've read for about a week here, I'll need something in the 37K-40K CPU performance range, if I calculated this properly. I'm only running 10-15FPS max and am fine with using substream until motion is sensed or I go full screen with one cam. I don't want sluggish, but I don't want to spend a ridiculous amount either!

Any recommendations on specific make/model or even links you have for a decent refurb that you think will perform well for me? THANKS!

 

[Flintstone61]

Yeah if you don't want sluggish, split the load so 2 drives get about 1/2 the cams each. I find scrubbing thru last nights activities, smoother on my machine with 2 drives.
I'm running 18 Ip cams and 8-9 Cams from an Analog system using the Nightowl HD app .....
I'm running that on an HP Elitedesk G4-800 SFFi5-8500/ 24Gb ram, with 2 drives splitting the load.
I'm running an i7-8700 Dell Precision MT with 32 GB ram, at home and spacce for 2 HDD's ( 3 actually)
and i know somebody here is running an i5-4590 with a shitload of cams,,,,but It's hard to comprehend...........
I'm not sure what model numbers Dell and Hp have available as " off lease" 10th gen CPU machines, but I'd be inclined to lean you in that direction....

 

[Miacomo]

I definitely think I'll run dual 8TB drives if this is the case.

 

[Flintstone61]

preliminary search for HP elitedesk Wiki and Ebay puts the 10 Gen cpu in this model

HP EliteDesk 800 G6 Intel i7 10700 2.9Ghz 32GB RAM 256GB +512GB NVMe NVIDIA P620 | eBay

<p>Brand new. Comes with all original accessories and paperwork. Small form factor. Perfect upgrade for working at home situations during the pandemic.</p><br /><br /><p>High end components include the following:</p><br /><br /><p>NVIDIA Quadro P620 card for up to 4 monitors.</p><p>32GB of RAM...

www.ebay.com

 

[Flintstone61]

manual for the tower shows or appears to show 2-3.5" bays on page 42

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06900912.pdf

 

[Flintstone61]

the SFF model appears to support 2 3.5: HDD's as well pge 39-40

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06900909.pdf

 

[Flintstone61]

I would recommend this PC, as I have the 8th generation version running with no crashes or issues for close to 2 years now...I'd have to verify the dates....

 

[Flintstone61]

Dell stopped creating space for supporting 2-3.5" drive bays in the Optiplex SFF model and even in the M-tower models back in the 6-7th generation CPU's,,,,
But I found the Dell Precision line is still supporting multiple 3,5" drives in tower models.

 

[Flintstone61]

If your thinking about having the luxury of an " offchip" GPU like Nvidia 1080Ti or something,,,,,then the wattage and expansion bays of the Towers would be more likely to support that....

 

[Flintstone61]

8 core 16 threads a Gihugic amount of processing power.....oughta handle anything you can throw at it....