Yes. Then spend some time on fora dedicated to "build-it-yourself" systems from "bare-bones" kits. There are suggestions for systems for gaming, or home theater, and other categories, and suggestions of components for each. "Tom's Guide" is an excellent place to start.
You might do ebay for an inexpensive laptop to tide you over (Freeping) while you build.
I could use this one as the tide-me-over computer. It was a hella-good processor and a ton of memory for only 767$.
But if I can’t really do much more than surf, I’m wondering why 16 gig of memory???
I could also call the third-party seller and ask if they have anything more suitable I could return this one as credit, for.