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Or, you mean, no way YET. Remember what people said about PCs way back in the Atanasoff days!

Fair enough.

I feel like that would be categorized under the photo editing software and whatnot

I KNEW that would happen at soem point ... *sigh* No, pornography would be included in "browsing the internet"

Speak of your most performed activity while engaging your personal computer. The poll is multiple choice, please check all that apply(as your most FREQUENT activities. Only check multiples if they tie with one another as the most frequent)

I'm really curious! I've been seeing and hearing a lot of talk about how hard it is to find, much less PAY for, a personal computer that is able to swiftly and accurately render things like advanced simulations with like, a BAJILLION particles interacting with each other. Anybody feel like laying down some math and science on this stuff?

Yeah! Used parts istOTLLY good, as long it's not taken any -internal- damage! dings and scratches in the exterior case and whatnot are fine

@JDE Your profile pic and profile, in general, are delightful!

Just because I feel paranoid about the motherboard and crap burning out. My Dad is an Old Tech, and he's told me horror stories. my Dad's budget is $400 MAX, but that's being REALLY generous. But I don't want anyone to worry about budget, I'm just wondering about the specs need to be and what not.

Hello. I need to know what kind of computer, speakers, and speaker system(with that bass-adding subwoofer thing?) would, at the lowest possible price, effortlessly suit my wants. I'm hoping to be able to give you guys a list of the things I want to be able to do on my pc and have you tell me what I should get. My apologies if this is inappropriate. I'm a semi-sheltered 18-year-old and as such, my social skills are a little on the unrefined side. Also, quick aside- my mouse is a Logitech G300s. Good, or no? So without further ado, I would like to be able to effortlessly(using only 55% or less GPU and CPU in Task Manager) and without ANY freezing or glitching: Browse Firefox, clicking links and new tabs and opening separate windows and watching videos on a VERY frequent basis Interact with and watch and listen to my, like, 2000 gigabytes(gigabites?) of music, videos, and movies in Pot Player, moving in and out of tabs on a regular basis, leaving a few open constantly Being able to have Bluestacks open while doing any of the above things Hardcore gaming... I guess? I play Diablo 3, so...? Render Minecraft(hey, look, it's therapeutic and FUN!) at the highest possible settings, being able to handle in tandem VERY detailed texture packs, mods, and the highest quality shaders Handle Skyrim while having shaders, 500 skeletons following me around in every room(I enjoy experimenting with the in-game mechanics using the console commands. You should try it! Get a mod to remove summon number cap. ) and handling many mods Use Photoshop... now see, I dunno about this one... I've got some files of ALL the Hobbit and LOTR movies uncut, and I wanted to do something cool like cut and edit them in Photoshop to make it like one GIANT continuous film, with subtitles and everything, but I tried doing that on my current computer and it's like... a literal 18 hours of footage with credits and stuff cut out. I had to abort the project. IS there anything that can do what I'm wanting, like that? There a few neat simulation games I want to try, but my computer is just WAY too weak to handle them. I was also thinking about getting one the civilizations games... They REALLY cool. Really time-consuming though. Wondering if I'd have the time OR patience for something like that. being quiet is a bonus. my current computer buzzes like a robot bee. Sturdy? I honestly would just take comfort in having something I'd know I wouldn't be able to easily f-up. Well, I mean, I feel like anything that can do the stuff above could handle just about anything else I could think of... OOH! I'd also like to be able to watch 4k(is it true there's like a... 8K now? Also, wtf is 1440p?) videos and video files, and I'd like to be able to listen to music in it's most HD form possible. Don't worry if even the cheapest equipment that can handle this stuff isn't CHEAP, I just want to know what I need and what I'm dealing with here. God bless, and thank you ahead of time for consideration and cunning advice! P.S. ... you get imaginary bonus points and a virtual hug from me if you're willing to explain the technical stuff about WHY the stuff you recommend to me can do what it does, why it does it, and who made it do that.