Hikvision NVR or build a computer

[Firefighter 0]

I've been trying to do some research. I've been off here for a couple years.

New home, and I have 6 Hikvision 3mp 4mm bullets sitting in a box. I want to throw these on the new house I bought with my wifes and I first

child coming next month. I was to add a few cams as well.

 

So, My options are a Hikvision NVR for $255ish like this one I found.

HIKVISION 16CH 8 Ports PoE DS-7616NI-E2/8P

Dont remmeber if links are allowed. I'll remove if not.

http://www.amazon.com/HIKVISION-DS-7616NI-E2-8P-Resolution-Recording/dp/B00VQK2H4U?ie=UTF8&keywords=hikvision%20nvr&qid=1465438491&ref_=sr_1_3&s=electronics&sr=1-3

I hear BI (what I have) is so much better... But I'll have to build a small form computer dedicated to this task. But, I doubt I can

do it for $255... I am competent in doing it, but possible on a budget under $300 I doubt.... to be able to run 8 or 10 ip cams....

 

Outside of the hikvision nvr is there a better solution for roughly the same price?

Im not worried about poe. I have Powered switches Ill be using to reduce wiring anyway.

Thanks

[Boogieman 1]

I've been trying to do some research. I've been off here for a couple years.

New home, and I have 6 Hikvision 3mp 4mm bullets sitting in a box. I want to throw these on the new house I bought with my wifes and I first

child coming next month. I was to add a few cams as well.

 

So, My options are a Hikvision NVR for $255ish like this one I found.

HIKVISION 16CH 8 Ports PoE DS-7616NI-E2/8P

Dont remmeber if links are allowed. I'll remove if not.

http://www.amazon.com/HIKVISION-DS-7616NI-E2-8P-Resolution-Recording/dp/B00VQK2H4U?ie=UTF8&keywords=hikvision%20nvr&qid=1465438491&ref_=sr_1_3&s=electronics&sr=1-3

I hear BI (what I have) is so much better... But I'll have to build a small form computer dedicated to this task. But, I doubt I can

do it for $255... I am competent in doing it, but possible on a budget under $300 I doubt.... to be able to run 8 or 10 ip cams....

 

Outside of the hikvision nvr is there a better solution for roughly the same price?

Im not worried about poe. I have Powered switches Ill be using to reduce wiring anyway.

Thanks

You can buy a haswell i5-4590 hp elitedesk or dell optiplex on sale for 300. Ebay and dell outlet (follow dell outlet twitter)...

You will find that the NVR is severely lacking in functionality compared to blue iris, particularly when it comes to schedules/alerts and the playback via the mobile app.

[Firefighter 0]

Alright thank you. I was using BI4 on my tower, its an I7 930 with a radeon 5850 1gb ddr5 gpu and the 6 cams maxed the cpu out.

 

That tower will be able to handle 8 of the 3mp hiks I'm using?

 

Thank you for the quick answer and help. I really appreciate it.

 

Edit:

Something like this isn't what your talking about it is?

http://nashville.craigslist.org/sys/5620268578.html

[jrmymllr 0]

Alright thank you. I was using BI4 on my tower, its an I7 930 with a radeon 5850 1gb ddr5 gpu and the 6 cams maxed the cpu out.

 

That tower will be able to handle 8 of the 3mp hiks I'm using?

 

Thank you for the quick answer and help. I really appreciate it.

 

Edit:

Something like this isn't what your talking about it is?

http://nashville.craigslist.org/sys/5620268578.html

 

FWIW I'm running Xeoma, 3 IP cams at 3MP, 8FPS, 640x480 motion detect substream, on a cheap G1840 CPU and load is about 15%. Xeoma seems to be exceptionally easy on the CPU, although using a substream helps a lot.

[Firefighter 0]

Alright thanks.

I think this one might be worth it...

It ends in 6hrs..

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-EliteDesk-800-G1-USDT-Desktop-PC-i5-4590S-3-0GHz-4GB-320GB-DVDRW-Win-7-USED-/391473128470?hash=item5b259de416:g:e08AAOSwmtJXUKKK

 

It's an I5 4590, I have Blue Iris 4 so Id install that on it. And throw in a 4tb purple drive...

 

Theres also someone locally selling some refurbed, but its an i5 2400. I'll have to look at bench tests of the cpus.

It atleast has a gigabit ethernet port

http://nashville.craigslist.org/sys/5614052694.html

 

THIS LOOKS GOOD

http://nashville.craigslist.org/sys/5550595103.html

[Boogieman 1]

Alright thanks.

I think this one might be worth it...

It ends in 6hrs..

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-EliteDesk-800-G1-USDT-Desktop-PC-i5-4590S-3-0GHz-4GB-320GB-DVDRW-Win-7-USED-/391473128470?hash=item5b259de416:g:e08AAOSwmtJXUKKK

 

It's an I5 4590, I have Blue Iris 4 so Id install that on it. And throw in a 4tb purple drive...

 

Theres also someone locally selling some refurbed, but its an i5 2400. I'll have to look at bench tests of the cpus.

It atleast has a gigabit ethernet port

http://nashville.craigslist.org/sys/5614052694.html

 

THIS LOOKS GOOD

http://nashville.craigslist.org/sys/5550595103.html

The first unit is an ultra slim, it only has room for a 2.5 drive.

You want a small form factor. The second link is an older 8300. You want an elitedesk 800 ...

Your old system is a powerhog and also does not support intel hd with quicksync.

[Firefighter 0]

Alright thanks

 

So my 3rd link is a no go for $150ish It sounded promising

In case it doesnt work. Here it is.

http://nashville.craigslist.org/sys/5550595103.html

[Boogieman 1]

Alright thanks

 

So my 3rd link is a no go for $150ish It sounded promising

In case it doesnt work. Here it is.

http://nashville.craigslist.org/sys/5550595103.html

That is a good value.

[Firefighter 0]

Okay thank you, Seriously. Great to know. I'll give that a shot!

[Firefighter 0]

Just picked up that computer. Im not sure I'll be able to get around to setting it all up today.

I may have to wait until later this week.

Definitely looking forward to it though.