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I'm really sorry, I honestly didn't know my budget was this unreasonable. Ok, if I raise it to about 700 max, what could we do? I don't need an over powered PC and I really won't be doing much gaming, most of my streaming will be painting and drawing related. I do know that I'd need a decent CPU for the work I do, as well as enough RAM and an SSD. I don't mind going with parts that heat up a bit, but if overheating is a real serious issue, I'd rather not (I live in Arizona, so it's already really hot) Also, is it actually possible to reuse my HDD? I saw a few mixed feelings

I'm trying to build my first PC, but I know nothing about hardware, so I would need some guidance and ideas. The maximum I can spend at the moment is $500. I'm fairly young and broke, so I'll be buying parts separately as I save up (I just don't want to wait any longer). My current budget is $200. I would like to build something that can be upgradeable later on when I have more to spend, or I need more power, whether it be more power for my projects or for gaming, maybe, most likely not gaming. For now I basically just need the bare minimum to be able to do my work without issues. Also I was thinking about repurposing some parts from my old EMachines EL1850-01e. Maybe use the hardrive, or disk reader, idk. My work on the new PC will mainly consist of Digital Painting (Photoshop and Paint Tool Sai) Video Editing (I don't have a good editing program yet) Streaming and Recording (OBS) and 3d animation (Blender) I always use 2 or more displays for my work, I don't mind if one is HDMI and the other RGB, or DVI, but two HD displays would be preferable. I have all peripherals ready from my old PC: mouse, keyboard, monitors, lame speakers. Some things I would like with the build are WiFi connectivity, maybe (if possible) built-in Bluetooth, and plenty of USB ports. One last thing, I'm getting into streaming, and I've heard about two-PC streaming setups, would it be possible for me to do this with a laptop I currently use and this new PC? I would be streaming what I do on the laptop through the PC. I understand if this sounds demanding or crazy, I'm a complete newbie and I seriously can't even comprehend all that goes behind building a computer, so I would greatly appreciate any help and advice. Damn I said PC so many times...

Oh ok, thank you. One last inquiry. When I do change the parts of my PC, is it ok if I change the CPU and mother board, but just keep the original hardrive. Basically, do I only need the hardrive to continue using my copy of Windows?

If I don't have an install disk, how would I be able to reinstall Windows?

Yes, I wanted to replace parts on my old PC to make it useable once more. And what exactly does a clean/fresh install mean. My OS came with the PC when I purchased it, and it was updated to windows 10

Is it possible for me to completely rebuild my old PC and keep the Windows version I currently have? I don't know much about computers but I am curious about how an OS is installed and functions.

That's something I hadn't thought about thank you

It is USD and I think I will just buy a newer desktop

I've owned an emachines el1850-01e desktop for a few years (It was a birthday present). During highschool I began working with Photoshop and playing a few simple PC games, and it became evident that my desktop was not good enough to catch up. I soon got a laptop that ran much faster, but now that's beginning to fill up with a large number of programs that I use for art (Photoshop, After Effects, Blender, and other tools). I would like to bring my desktop back to life to make it my main work/gaming computer, but I know almost nothing about computers. I just need assistance picking out parts that I could replace in the PC. I want to use the upgraded PC for Painting, video editing, and games (don't need super high quality graphics, just stable and reliable). Budget: ≈<$700