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It's really easy to play the best PC games on an old computer

Antonio Villas-BoasApr 24, 2016, 18:22 IST

Antonio Villas-Boas/Tech Insider

I normally play PC games on my gaming desktop, which is hooked up to my TV in the living room.

But that's not ideal when someone else wants to watch TV.

So to keep playing while others watch TV, I set up my gaming desktop to stream games to my under-powered six-year-old Acer laptop over WiFi, and it was incredibly easy, and free!

This method is designed to work with games on Valve's Steam platform, which is the most popular program for getting PC games.

If you have Steam, here's how to stream games from your main computer to just about any other PC connected to the same WiFi network.

Here's how you do it: