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    Blue Iris Dedicated Used Computer Check

    Thanks for the response. I suppose a $30 120 GB SSD would probably be a pretty good investment for a unit like this if it prevents potential bottlenecks and makes things generally more responsive. I suppose I really only plan on utilizing as much of Blue Iris' features as I can without...
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    Blue Iris Dedicated Used Computer Check

    Hello everyone, After deciding that I didn't want to use my NAS as a surveillance station, I just got my hands on an old dell xps 8700 unit. It has 8 GB RAM and an i5 4690 CPU. It was $130 so I'm not expecting too much of it but I was wondering if anybody could give me their best guess as to...
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    Looking for recommendations after being overwhelmed by the options out there...

    Thanks for the heads up on this. Looks like Blue Iris will be a no-go for the Synology. Synology does offer a surveillance station software which may be OK for the one camera for now, but after a lot of reading I'd really rather not stress the NAS needlessly. I have an old spare i7 3820 CPU...
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    Looking for recommendations after being overwhelmed by the options out there...

    Thanks for your suggestion mat200. I don't think I should be researching too much into camera options because suddenly I'm thinking I "need" to up my budget to afford something like the HFW8232E-Z which I think is around $325 mark? It seems to have all the bells and whistles I didn't know I...
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    Looking for recommendations after being overwhelmed by the options out there...

    Hello everyone, What an absolute treasure trove of information on this forum. I still have a lot of learning and reading to do, but I'm doing my best to get caught up on the reading so I can make an informed decision on what camera(s) to get. Ideally, I'd just be getting one for now, but we'll...
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