ja3372

I'm looking to build a system or buy a complete system but am pretty lost. I purchased an Amcrest camera system off of amazon and it did not work well at all, one bad camera and NVR has multiple issues. I ran 24 gauge Cat5e cable to all the locations where I want the cameras and back to my office. I want to be able to access cameras from smart phone my iPhone and my wife's samsung. Should I bother with the cat5 or just rerun coax with bmc and separate power source. I'm looking to set up 6 cameras outdoors and being able to record. I have a 2tb hard drive and just returned the amcrest system. Budget wise i'm all over the place. Don't want to spend much but would go as high as $500. Any suggestions would be great. Thank you.