- Sep 24, 2017
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Greetings!
Just joined, been lurking for some time. This will be my first foray into IP cameras, and I am going big. Well, OK, it feels big to me. Just ordered up the following:
7 x IPC-HDW5231R-Z
3 x IPC-HDW5431R-Z
2 x IPC-HFW5431E-Z5
2 x IPC-HDBW4231F-AS as indoor cams
I will have all this running thru a tp-link JetStream T1600-28PS POE switch with 192W available power budget. I'm running DD-WRT on my home router, so will isolate all this onto it's own subnet. Will do POE with Cat6 cable. No individual cable run should be beyond 100'.
So now I need to build a dedicated system to support the Blue Iris install. I've spent a bunch of time researching cameras, placement, POE, PPF, etc but have neglected the dedicated box part so far. The IPVM calculator has been a godsend, as has the excellent info put together by someone on the forum here in Word doc form. Would really appreciate some assistance, as I am officially on info overload.
Looking for recommendations on Processor/Mobo/RAM. Will do an SSD for the OS and large platters for the storage. And dual GB NIC for LAN. I could go up to $1K USD for the system (software excluded), but would like to keep it under if possible. Not opposed to going over if necessary. In perusing this subforum, I gather that I should be looking at an i7, but most of the threads I read seemed to be older and not sure if new processors have been released in the meantime that would change the recommendation. It's been a few years since I have built a from-scratch system so I have fallen behind in the latest/greatest.
One other note, this will go into a space that won't have the best airflow, so should I consider going liquid cooled? I could route the rad to a place with better airflow in theory. This will be in a basement, so in general it will be cooler at all times... maybe I shouldn't worry about that aspect? The closet it will reside in is 126 cubic feet in volume, but would rarely be opened.
Anything else I should consider (or reconsider)? I am married to the camera selection at this point (since I just paid the invoice to Andy), but could change out the switch if there is something about it that would be a boneheaded mistake.
Thanks in advance for the input
Just joined, been lurking for some time. This will be my first foray into IP cameras, and I am going big. Well, OK, it feels big to me. Just ordered up the following:
7 x IPC-HDW5231R-Z
3 x IPC-HDW5431R-Z
2 x IPC-HFW5431E-Z5
2 x IPC-HDBW4231F-AS as indoor cams
I will have all this running thru a tp-link JetStream T1600-28PS POE switch with 192W available power budget. I'm running DD-WRT on my home router, so will isolate all this onto it's own subnet. Will do POE with Cat6 cable. No individual cable run should be beyond 100'.
So now I need to build a dedicated system to support the Blue Iris install. I've spent a bunch of time researching cameras, placement, POE, PPF, etc but have neglected the dedicated box part so far. The IPVM calculator has been a godsend, as has the excellent info put together by someone on the forum here in Word doc form. Would really appreciate some assistance, as I am officially on info overload.
Looking for recommendations on Processor/Mobo/RAM. Will do an SSD for the OS and large platters for the storage. And dual GB NIC for LAN. I could go up to $1K USD for the system (software excluded), but would like to keep it under if possible. Not opposed to going over if necessary. In perusing this subforum, I gather that I should be looking at an i7, but most of the threads I read seemed to be older and not sure if new processors have been released in the meantime that would change the recommendation. It's been a few years since I have built a from-scratch system so I have fallen behind in the latest/greatest.
One other note, this will go into a space that won't have the best airflow, so should I consider going liquid cooled? I could route the rad to a place with better airflow in theory. This will be in a basement, so in general it will be cooler at all times... maybe I shouldn't worry about that aspect? The closet it will reside in is 126 cubic feet in volume, but would rarely be opened.
Anything else I should consider (or reconsider)? I am married to the camera selection at this point (since I just paid the invoice to Andy), but could change out the switch if there is something about it that would be a boneheaded mistake.
Thanks in advance for the input
