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Just a note in case it may widen your choices... SFF (small form factor) computers that have DisplayPort Video ports can also be used for HDMI, an inexpensive DisplayPort to HDMI cable from Amazon will work. I have an i5 SFF HP reseller computer I use in an outbuilding here for a cheap HTPC and it ...

What about this mini computer?

Lenovo Think Center M700 Tiny Desktop PC,Intel Quad Core I5-6500T 2.5GHz up to 3.1G,16GB,256GB SSD

I can get it refurbed on Amazon for $240CDN.

There are a lot of inexpensive AMD Ryzen processors laptops out there. The Ryzen 5 5xxx series is really fast, but even the cheap Ryzen 5 3500u is ~5x as fast as your n3700. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/2513vs3421/Intel-Pentium-N3700-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-3500U Thanks, Tim. Those Ryzens do look a ...

Lags are caused either by the network: variance in Round Trip Time or too low data rate so the internal data buffer runs "dry" and the browser needs to wait tilll it fills up again processing power: cpu or gpu struggle to support the video decoding when using hw accelerated graphics the c...

Not so fast, I guess. I had a sticky game again last night. A few seconds of smooth action, then a freeze followed by a jump. I'm thinking now that the processor is just not strong enough in the laptop. (Pentium N3700) So I'm looking at refurbished mini computers to take its place beside the TV. (Th...

I managed to watch a complete game tonight and the video was good, with occasional juddering on pans. I tried many things and finally thought to try plugging in the ethernet. That reduced the load on the GPU enough for it to keep up. Who knew my wireless would be such a processor hog? Thanks all for...

Chrome, chromium, and other Chrome based browsers are supposed to now support video hardware accelerated decoding via the va-api method, but it of course depends on the video codec being supplied, plus you must manually turn it on in the browser settings the last time I tried it. I found where to t...

I ran speed tests in Firefox, Brave and Vivaldi with h/w accel off (and on). Firefox showed a 50% improvement, while the other two came in at about 10% of FF's rate either way. Now I know that turning it off helps, at least in FF. Now to see if I'm VPNing and whether that makes a difference.

... Also try with 1-2 browsers what happens if you disable "Hardware Acceleration" within its preferences, (... better/worse ...) I'll try that. Last night I watched a game where the lagginess was worse than what I first experienced. On every browser I tried and even on another computer. ...

I see that Brave and Vivaldi are chromium-based. Brave works as well as Waterfox and the DRM works, so good. Reducing the quality didn't seem to do much.