Thanks - I'm assuming it was the drop from 10k to 5400rpm. I got the 8TB purple because it was free :) but the 1TB black I just assumed was overkill on speed - guess not. UI3 loads instantly, but when I hit "alerts", it loads up the side thumbnails after like 30+ seconds. Is this what is &...

I've had BI4 and BI5 on a WD black 10k rpm hdd for a long time. Loading things were always instant. App would come right up, ui3 would load no issue. I ended up putting in an 8tb WD purple drive, meant for NVRs. Now, loading the app can take 30 seconds (just spins the loading icon - and I have my fi...