PC what do you advise

[marine1]

Need it for just monitoring a video feed.

It must be HDMI maybe onboard?
1TB hard drive max, mouse kb, box, power supply.

Nothing fancy

 

[Pada]

Could you please tell us more about what "monitoring" would entail?

Would it have to record to the hard drive, it would it simply playback the video straight onto the screen?

What camera(s) do you have and what quality (resolution, bitrate & FPS) do you want to "monitor"?

Like at this moment my friend is using a stock HP Microserver N36L (just upgraded RAM to 2x 2GB DDR3 1333MHz) to monitor 2x or 3x low resolution IP cameras, using ZoneMinder. I don't think he is using any filtering/processing on the videos, except for the general motion detection which should result in the recordings being captured/stored as JPEG files onto the hard drive.

 

[marine1]

Basically just a workstation, nothing can be stored locally but maybe I will just need to store docs etc.
It will be connected to a lan where we will monitor the video CCTV feed. HD so it must have HDMI and this will then go into a 32" Sammy LED Full HD

 

[marine1]

Wow so many replies

 

[ponder]

Any bottom of the range PC you would use for simple office work should suffice.

 

[marine1]

Any idea on pricing?

Thanks

 

[NomNom]

Case: R295
Cooler Master Elite 342
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29&products_id=1654

PSU: R294
Thermaltake LitePower, 450w
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=30&products_id=5673

Motherboard: R533
MSI H61M-E23 (B3), LGA1155, Intel H61
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=5694
Product Page

CPU: R617
Intel Pentium G630, 2.7GHz, LGA1155
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=4138

Ram: R135 or (R270 for 4GB)
Corsair VS2GB1333D3 , value select , 2Gb , ddr3-1333
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=196

Hard Drive: R798
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX, 1TB/1000GB
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=26&products_id=1282

Optical Drive: R164
LG GH22NS50, 22x SATA
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28&products_id=1434

Keyboard and Mouse:

R95
GIGABYTE KM5200
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=5622

R162
Microsoft Wired Desktop 400
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=5819

R183
Logitech Desktop MK120
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=2463


This is with 4GB of Ram and the Logitech Desktop MK120
Total: R3154.00 + R75 (shpping) = R3229.00

 

[Pada]

An alternative to that would be to get an HP Microserver with like an NVidia GT240, but it would only be like R500 cheaper when you're going to buy a 1TB HDD too!

I just don't get the reason why you'd want to have a camera monitoring PC as a workstation too...

 

[marine1]

Case: R295
Cooler Master Elite 342
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29&products_id=1654

PSU: R294
Thermaltake LitePower, 450w
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=30&products_id=5673

Motherboard: R533
MSI H61M-E23 (B3), LGA1155, Intel H61
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=5694
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CPU: R617
Intel Pentium G630, 2.7GHz, LGA1155
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=4138

Ram: R135 or (R270 for 4GB)
Corsair VS2GB1333D3 , value select , 2Gb , ddr3-1333
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=196

Hard Drive: R798
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX, 1TB/1000GB
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=26&products_id=1282

Optical Drive: R164
LG GH22NS50, 22x SATA
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28&products_id=1434

Keyboard and Mouse:

R95
GIGABYTE KM5200
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=5622

R162
Microsoft Wired Desktop 400
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=5819

R183
Logitech Desktop MK120
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=2463


This is with 4GB of Ram and the Logitech Desktop MK120
Total: R3154.00 + R75 (shpping) = R3229.00

Many thanks man

An alternative to that would be to get an HP Microserver with like an NVidia GT240, but it would only be like R500 cheaper when you're going to buy a 1TB HDD too!

I just don't get the reason why you'd want to have a camera monitoring PC as a workstation too...

Sorry did not explain properly - the workstations will be used to log into the DVR to control the cameras. We are not looking at the standalone controllers but rather PC's running the software to control the cameras through the DVR

 

[ponder]

Sorry did not explain properly - the workstations will be used to log into the DVR to control the cameras. We are not looking at the standalone controllers but rather PC's running the software to control the cameras through the DVR

What make/model is the software to be run on the PC?

 

[marine1]

Dahua embeded dvr

 

[mike156]

How many channels?

A lowly dual core celeron should be fine for even 16 channels for remote monitoring. A system with 32 or 64 channel remote monitoring would require more grunt, perhaps an i3 with 2GB RAM. This is assuming that its going to be for SD video feeds and not HD-SDI or IP.

EDIT:Just checked the 16CH pc based system in the office and that pegs my 2.2GHZ core 2 duo at 90% usage

Will check later or Monday what a 16CH embedded does.

 

[Chevron]

Need it for just monitoring a video feed.

It must be HDMI maybe onboard?
1TB hard drive max, mouse kb, box, power supply.

Nothing fancy

Get something with a ZACATE AMD E-450. Will be lower power and perfect.

or this:

http://www.wootware.co.za/msi-e350i...hudson-m1-mini-itx-motherboard-cpu-combo.html

 

[Nimz]

We have a Full Pc for R2500 (excluding software and shipping)

Has HDMI onboard

 

[mike156]

EDIT:Just checked the 16CH pc based system in the office and that pegs my 2.2GHZ core 2 duo at 90% usage

Will check later or Monday what a 16CH embedded does.

16CH embedded sits at 25-35% CPU usage with a recording resolution of half D1 and 55-70% usage at full D1 resolution with 300MB of RAM.

So perhaps an I3 as a minimum?

 

[NomNom]

16CH embedded sits at 25-35% CPU usage with a recording resolution of half D1 and 55-70% usage at full D1 resolution with 300MB of RAM.

So perhaps an I3 as a minimum?

Intel Pentium G630 is more than enough.