VioDuskar

There are a lot of disk information softwares that can read S.M.A.R.T. data. Google a few, test them with the disks you already have and see what you like best.

Yes. Do a deep dive on OBS before you commit to hardware purchases

Why not install something like VNC on the server and view it on another computer? A server is meant to be racked and stacked, not watched locally.

What error code does the blue screen give?

What does this even mean? Are you looking to find your max temps? Are you looking to build pressure to look for leaks?

You'll need something like a capture card to ingest video into your PC. Like an el gato capture card. They make a PCI-e expansion card that can do that.

Go USB C. A isn't going out of style anytime soon, but C allows you to plug it into smaller and smaller form factor devices like phones, or thin books with only a USB C port. Plus, you can always get an A-C adapter if you can live with some speed loss.

no, this wouldn't cause any issues.

I agree, as long as you're not burning yourself, then anything that isn't thermal throttle is good.

if you have WiFi6 or 802.11AX then you probably won't notice the difference in internet speed, because your ISP will be the bottleneck. find out what your wired speed is, then test the WiFi speed. figure out how much you really need it. unless you're playing multiplayer games that require low latency, you're probably better off with wifi. I should mention i have an 802.11ax router and PC and i get local transfer speeds of 700-900 Mbps, and my ISP only delivers 600Mbps on a good day, which is rare. so in this case, WiFi is not a bottleneck for me.

you can't just drag and drop the "windows" folder to the new drive. the best way to do what your asking is to clone the boot drive to the new drive, but you can't because your new drive is smaller. you'll have to do a fresh install of windows, sorry.

those remotes are universal between higher end models. you should be able to replace it easily. I assume you already changed the batteries?

check the debug LEDs

If you're going Build-Your-Own, I suggest TrueNAS. It has ZFS RAIDs, and supports PLEX as a plugin/jail. Synology is an out-of-the-box solution, but it's PLEX video encode/decode performance is pretty bad

so the Mobo isn't powering up when you jump the PWR +/- pins? sounds like the pins are broke, or the trace is cut. I would try to RMA the motherboard if you're sure you're jumping the right pins. when you say the motherboard doesn't start you mean no debug lights or fans start? I know you were able to do a BIOS Flash, but i would also douible check that you have all power cables in, the CPU and the Mobo powers may not be fully seated. also, doublecheck you're jumping the right pins on the Mobo