Xeon CPU's with QuickSync?

[ILovePizza]

I just got myself 2 x Samsung SNH-V6414BN SmartCam HD Plus 1080p Wi-Fi Cameras which are great actually, but going from a single 720p camera, to 2 x 1080p cams have increased my CPU requirements quite a bit. I currently run BI in a Windows Server 2012 R2 VM with 2GB of RAM and 2 x vCores of a Xeon E3-1265L V2 on my ESXi host

But in order to get best performance and use QuickSync, I want to make it physical

I always see people recomend Ivy Bridge+ i5's and i7's, but never hear anything about Xeon's. I would much rather use a Xeon as I want to use a Supermicro board with IPMI. The 1u Supermicro CSE-512-200B chassis are very cheap, and not very loud at all

What are the general iGPU requirements for Blue Iris?

The Xeon E3-1225 v2 is very cheap, supports QuickSync and has "Intel® HD Graphics P4000" - Supported?

The Xeon E3-1265L v2 I already own, supports QuickSync and has "Intel® HD Graphics 2500" - Supported?

How do these compare to the i5 and i7 CPU's everyone loves?

 

[DWW0311]

1225 doesn't support hyperthreading. Avoid it.

V2 Xeons are Ivy Bridge. Equivalent of the 3xxx series i processors.

I run an E3-1280 v2 with (currently) eight 5MP cams 1080p at 15fps. BI clocks about 18% (Blue Iris CPU numbers) / 7% Windows numbers.

The box you are already running should be well more than enough to handle 2 cams. What CPU numbers are you posting?

 

[Jareds]

My xeon doesn't support it. I think mine is a 1231. Not at home to look. I have 41 cameras running 7-10 FPS at 2.1 MP. My CPU runs around 50% so it's not always needed but anything to lower the CPU strain is best. Stick with an i5 or an i7

 

[DWW0311]

Noted also that you are running BI within a VM. AFAIK (and this could be incorrect), but BI won't run as a service on a VM. Using the GUI as a running app increases CPU usage pretty substantially in comparison to running it as a service.

My xeon doesn't support it. I think mine is a 1231. Not at home to look. I have 41 cameras running 7-10 FPS at 2.1 MP. My CPU runs around 50% so it's not always needed but anything to lower the CPU strain is best. Stick with an i5 or an i7

If it's a Haswell (1231 falls into that range), only the xxx5 and xxx6 (i.e. E3-1275 v3 / E3-1276 v3) have iGPUs. The only exception is the 1284L, and that one has some sort of weird Iris Pro GPU on die, not the usual HD Graphics)

 

[Gatorguy]

I'm currently running BI as a service on a Windows 8.1 Pro VM running on my unRAID server (www.lime-technology.com).

I'm strongly considering upgrading to an i7-7700k on an Asus Prime Z270-A with 32GB DDR4 3200 RAM. I'm just not sure if the host will allow the use of QuickSync in the processor or not. I'm not that smart.