Beam vs PCForge

Beam puts your Mac's screen and sound on your iPhone or iPad. Watch a render finish from the couch, keep a film going in bed, or play a Mac game with a controller from across the room. When something on the Mac needs you, tap the stream to click, drag, scroll and type. • Your whole Mac display, or just one window, with Mac audio • Up to 4K and your display's native resolution, up to 120 fps on ProMotion screens • Picture in Picture, crop and zoom • Click mode: tap to click, hold to right-click or drag, two fingers to scroll • Live keyboard with esc, tab, arrows, function keys and ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ ⇧ • A bar of up to eight buttons you design on the Mac: shortcuts, media keys, macros • Game controllers paired with your phone show up on the Mac as a real gamepad • Encrypted end to end with the secret from pairing. No account, no Beam servers in between • Open source (AGPL-3.0) Free: • Unlimited streaming for your first 3 days • Then 30 minutes in every 24 hours, with every feature, on your home Wi-Fi Beam Unlimited (one-time purchase): • Stream as long as you like • Stream from anywhere over your own Tailscale network Needs the free Beacon app on your Mac (macOS 14 or later): beamscreen.app

Buying PC parts without a compatibility check is how builds fail — wrong socket, RAM that won’t run, a PSU that can’t keep up, or a cooler that doesn’t fit. PCForge turns your budget and use case into a compatible parts list. Engine Verified runs five checks before you buy: • Socket — CPU and motherboard match • Form factor — case and board fit • RAM generation — memory that actually works • Thermals — cooler clearance and cooling headroom • Power — PSU can handle the draw You get Overall Build Confidence from 0–100, live prices, and a clear path to checkout when you’re ready. Free on IOS, and web. Start at pcforge.app