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Go into system control, power settings, advanced settings and edit both profiles, for when on battery and when plugged in. You are looking for an option do selectively disable USB devices. Turn that off. Also disable PCI-e power savings. Should help unless it a specific bug with that device.

This monitor has a great backlight strobing feature, enabling basically perfect motion performance. I'd say it's the best <27" 240Hz monitor around.

In short:
 
The Gigabyte is a great value option that comes with everything you need.
The Asus is the best in this monitor segment, but comes with a hefty price premium.
 
Watch both the videos and decide if the extra features and performance on the Asus is worth the extra money for you.

Yeah the Asus one is good, Gigabyte one is solid too. You can check more details about them from Hardwareunboxed on YT on their best of round up.

The Flow X13 even has the special GPU port that ASUS uses so that OP can later get a better GPU if he wants to and get more performance at home

Not sure where you're based, but these are pretty good for the prices at best buy. These are the older gen models, but for most people, the 5th gen Ryzen chips are fine, and they basically meet all the criteria you've noted. 
 
ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14" FHD 144Hz Gaming Laptop AMD Ryzen 7 16GB DDR4 Memory NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 512GB PCIe SSD Moonlight White GA401QM-G14.R73060 - Best Buy
 
ASUS ROG 13.4" Touchscreen Gaming Laptop AMD Ryzen 9 16GB Memory NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti V4G Graphics 1TB SSD Off black GV301QE-211.ZG13 - Best Buy
 
The FlowX13 is the more portable, but will not have upgradable RAM, the G14 has 1 stick accessible, with the other half soldered on. For the size, I think that's an acceptable compromise. The G14 does not have a webcam however. YMMV

VLC can record RTSP. 
 
There are many lightweight and free surveillance apps for windows that allow one or two cameras in free mode. Too many to list. Try a bunch and see what you like. You probably need to map a drive to your NAS and save it there. 
 
Blue IRIS is my flat out first choice for Windows DVRs. I have 20-30 cams running on Blue IRIS on 8yr old desktops. Blue IRIS is no longer free, but its not expensive. Zoneminder for Linux platforms.

If price isn't a concern, the NH-U12A is one of the best options available. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZLtQzy/

You'd be better off going with a nhd15 tier cooler for less
 
https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-Commander-TL-D14X-TL-C12PRO-Technology/dp/B09292H4ZH
 

There's a number of options.
 
For Air Coolers it's less about the CPU compatibility (aside from raw TDP capability.) And more about "Will this fit in my case" ?

The Q300L has a 159mm clearance, so you should be about good for anything.
 
 

Are you in the US? If so, check out these options:

SE 224 XT - 30 USD (has White LED, and SE 234 is ARGB)
Vetroo V5 - 35 USD ARGB
FS140 - 50 USD (higher end)

For AIOS (not needed for 5800X, just aesthetics) 
EK AIO and Galahad are viable options. But for a more budget oriented choice:
Liqmax 240 - 60 USD

just update the bios and switch your cpu, and the 5600x is a good choice if your gaming

Nope, I think there will be a totally new socket after AM4. For sure it will be a new chipset like 650 or 750, who knows.
DDR5 and USB 4.0 will be on a whole new platform in general, just because of the speeds that are not handled (yet) by today's components.
By that time we all have to upgrade our platform (motherboard+cpu+ram probably).

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/All-series/TUF-B450M-PLUS-GAMING/HelpDesk_BIOS/ here is the link to update your bios @hbsterling

No point changing motherboard for just PCIe 4.0 support.
Just update to the BIOS to latest, before switching the CPU.

I think most webcams that do 1080/30 should be able to be configured for 720/60.

Depends what you use your webcam for. If it's for skype/zoom/etc they all drop to potato resolution and <10fps anyway. 

there are sections of p95 blend/fft tests that uses about 130% of ur real world power draw, so personally i recommend cinebench and blender spams. If you are testing for gaming, parts of the farcry 5/total war 3k/ashes is good enough to test gaming stability when u leave the frame rate uncapped.

use a stress test like cinebench r20 or prime 95 or aid64. and if temps reach somewhere around 90/85c plus, the cpu should throttle, or just watch the core clocks and check if they go down. which should be around 90/85c plus.

Fire up a stress test like Aida64, stress the CPU, FPU and cache and let it do its thing. Iirc the monitor on Aida64 does actually tell you whether your CPU's throttling or not, but you can also check using HWiNFO64.
Normally, your CPU should start thermal throttling at 95-100C.

if you are in the US those prices don't look right, look at newegg instead. corsair ram is all overpriced compared to gskill btw, and worse. So it's just for the looks.

I would stick to 3200 since that's the standard max for ryzen, although I think you can OC and get 3600 working sometimes, so up to you if you want to try that.
 

Newegg had some G.Skill 3200C14 b-dies for under $110 USD.  I'd look for those.  Though don't use their cheapest shipping option.  I did and my package got lost and now I have to wait another 10 days for them to refund my money.  

Sucks in what way? I ran my Plex server on Windows from 2012 - 2017. 
 
You could just run Windows 10 Pro without activation? The only limitation is the watermark and personalisation options disabled...not a problem on a 'server' you will probably access infrequently. 

I've had good results with TightVNC, with certain consideration. Under Windows 7 it was fine, but under Windows 10 then depending on the GPU you have, setting a desired resolution may be a problem if a monitor is not connected. I don't know if it is the GPU driver or Windows changes, but it is annoying. Anyway, it seems Intel is less affected, but nvidia and AMD certainly are. The only workaround I've found so far is to buy dummy HDMI "monitors" which is a bit annoying. BTW I use this to manage a farm of crunchers in winter.
 
Why don't I use the Windows Remote Desktop? I want a "like I'm there" experience, and there is no weirdness when using VNC. RDP sessions are not like being there, it seems to do some virtual display stuff, and that can also cause problems if you have GPU using applications. Ok for random desktop stuff, but I wouldn't use it for anything demanding.