Recent content by beszt95

if you've ever wanted to play around with Linux, here's your machine. home file server is a practical idea.

As long as the motherboard is for the same laptop model and everything, the R5 and R7 board variants should be interchangeable. Which particular R5 did yours have, and which particular R7 is this? If they have the same TDP and all, the cooling solution should work the same as it did previously...

You could use a laptop like you said, you just need an HDMI input. There are USB devices made for this (capture cards), targeted at gamers but will certainly work for you too. If you are only handling 1080p30 or lower then you can get a really cheap USB capture card and it should work fine...

eBay, Facebook Marketplace, etc. Find one that's at least a few years old with at least a decent CPU and 8GB of RAM (or 4GB if you decide to run Linux). Finding one with issues (i.e. no disk drive, no RAM, etc) is a way to save a bit if you don't mind fixing it up yourself and can get the...

I assume you're running Windows 10, so just go into control panel and change the power plan to high performance.