Praystation2 0 Posted March 18, 2005 Hi everyone i'm new to the forum, and i'm really glad I found it. I'm currently in the process of researching possible setups to replace my parents old korean pc based dvr system. I have four cameras in place already with the option of putting in one more for a total of five. I need to be able to save atleast 31 days onto HDD and be able to back up to dvd-rw or cd-rw thereafter. here's my proposed setup. Keep in mind i'm not trying to break the bank with a ultimate dream setup. Just a modest one that functions well. Please let me know what you think. Asus P4P800-E Deluxe Motherboard ($109) Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz Prescott ($128) 1 GB PC2100 DDR Generic Ram ($67) Sony DWU18A DVD-RW ($50) 2 Maxtor SATA 200 GB HD ($105 x 2) Video Insight V60-8 DVR Card Geforce MX 440 8x 128MB AGP Card (Free) Antec Case (Free) Grand total a little over $1000. Can I do better? Prices for my components are from pricewatch.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas 0 Posted March 18, 2005 If you're gonna put the two drives in a span or raid, I would look at a raid controller. For this you may want to look at some of the lower end promise cards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VST_Man 1 Posted March 20, 2005 31 days of motion or continious recording? I'm running the V240, P4/3.2, 1gb, 80/200 hard drives. 80 hard drive is system and 200 is video storage. I'm capturing motion only and saving well over 60 days of video. Just a not. Unless continious is required, go with motion. The "features" with Video Insight's motion settings will prove to be a space saver. Also, make sure you buy te extra fans for the case and/or storage hard drive. ALL PC based systems require a good air flow design. Make sure you use this PC for video only. Don't let Mom and Dad surf the WEB as you will end up with junk on the server. I did not see a good firewall? You'll need that AND XP Pro. Anti Virus program? The V60 card is going to scream on the 2.4 so you do have plenty of chip. If I'd change anything here I'd back off 512 on the RAM and buy a faster chip ONLY because the PC Based systems will tax the chip. You money spent on the chip will impress Mom and Dad, and if you are going to burn CD's with the same machine you will need that extra "umph" when you re running that software along side the Video Insight program on the same machine. Your going to LOVE that Video Insight card and it's features. Any questions please fire away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Basil 0 Posted March 27, 2005 If you're gonna put the two drives in a span or raid, I would look at a raid controller. For this you may want to look at some of the lower end promise cards. The P4P800-E has SATA raid built in, I've got an older P4P800 and have been running a RAID on it for over a year no problem at all. The ASUS is a really good board. Though I would invest in better RAM than 2100, that is going to slow the FSB, look to 3200 or 2700 if it is a cost thing. Don't know what the pricing on DVD-R/W is like over there, but I prefer the pioneer devices... something like a 109 - should future proof you for a few months anyway. I've got a P4 2.4, though it is not a stock speed, it really performs... it is better than a AMD64... I've got both and the P4 is much better with video processing etc. Hope this helps a little. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cctv_down_under 0 Posted March 27, 2005 Buy brand ram!!! after all its going to e going all day, make sure you dont put your HDD's on top of each other, make a partition for the OS... hay whats the video insight link? I thought that was just the comart cards with a diffrent sdk? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas 0 Posted March 28, 2005 *coughs* We have the cards fab for us by Comart and we make the software. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wahloon 0 Posted March 29, 2005 That is a pretty nice setup for a dvr system, remeber don't buy cheap stuff like ram because you are going to get what you pay for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sentry360 0 Posted April 4, 2005 *coughs* We have the cards fab for us by Comart and we make the software. *coughs* Do you know Silicor? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcusl 0 Posted April 21, 2005 Praystation2, If I were you I might pop a little extra money for an extra drive and a raid card that can do raid 5 if that mobo can't do it. You will get good performance with some redundancy. You don't get all the space of all the drives, but if one of them fails you will have a chance to be able to replace the defective one, and not get totally screwed by not having your data. Because lets face it, cheap hard drives go down all the time like a 2 dollar hooker with a half price sale. -Marcus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
