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Hi, i have to buy a pc nvr for my cctv system( 16 cam). I'll try blue Iris or ivms 4200 PCNVR. BI needs a very powerful Cpu so i'll go with an i7, 16 gb Ram, no dedicated gpu ,ssd for the operating system and wd purple for recordings. I also need 2 8 ports poe switches . I haven't used any poe switch till now and i don't know any good brand. Could you point me in the right direction? I'll also need my nvr to be very silent, is noctua a good brand for fans and heat sinks?

If I buy a 32ch nvr like this http://www.hikvision.com/UploadFile/image/2014021418371523126.pdf then should i be ok with 16 2MP cams? It has 160 Mbps of incoming Bandwidth. The electricity costs is around 0.25€ x Kwh --->0.35 $. Thw nvr has a consumption of 40W, probably without hard disk, and i think it needs a lot less power than a Pc with a 4770k ,4 hdds a no video card. If I buy a pc i need to be sure that a 4770k is able to handle 16 cams with BI or IVMS 4200. I don't want to buy a 1000$ pc and then have to buy Milestone Xprotect for anoter 730$ for cam licenses and 100-200 $ for the software.

Thanks for the reply ! I live in Italy and hikvision products are very expensive here. For 1 ds-2cd2032-i the reseller is asking 530$...I'll buy everything through aliexpress and others online sites. I think i'll have to buy at least one poe switch because 8 cams will be installed from 60 to 100 m away from the nvr. Using hikvision bandwidth calculator i get this results: I don't know the differences between main stream live view and main stream playback. I think i'll need a nvr with at least 100 Mbps of managable bandwidth

Hi i'm looking for some tips on choosing the right Nvr , pc-based or standalone, for my cctv system. I'll use 16 3 Mp Cams (Hikvision). This system will be installed in my second house so i'm looking for a system with at least 3 weeks of recording space and a streaming service for when i'm not there. I think I'll use this settings: 1080p with a decent frame rate (10 to 20 fps) on each cam. Most of the cam will be on continuous record, the others will be on motion recording. When i'm there i think that i'll use also live view. All cams will be powered by 2/3 POE switches. If I buy an Hikvision nvr will it be able to record 16 cams or it will be useless for that amoun of Mp? A pc based Nvr ,with an i7-4770 and BI will be sufficient for that many cams? Is there any other nvr software worth of trying?