I thought it would work well for streaming videos considering it has 4GB of RAM and 4 Processors.But this thing struggles to make it through any type of media. I have NEVER been able to watch a Youtube video straight through with out this computer chugging along.This thing should be able to handle Youtube, especially if it is the only task open and only using like 25% of the CPU.I HIGHLY recommend that you just spend the extra $30 or so to get a different slightly nicer one.I have to constantly run Avast in order to get it to work for a bit. I have only had the thing for like 6 weeks.I seriously hope I got a defective one, otherwise this company is selling garbage.Its not my connection either, I have an Ethernet hooked up with good internet. The thing just struggles to do very basic tasks.