I program computers, and I can make some solid recommendations about what kind of hardware you'd need for certain applications, but I still feel overwhelmed picking out modern processors among the options available for, like, playing video games. The names don't mean anything to me, so I have to look at specs, but also I don't really know what's good for the probability distribution of modern games I might like. Also, I'm *definitely* overthinking this, like most choices about what things to buy.