Getting a gaming rig. Buy or Build?

Garcian Smith said:

Strategyking92 said:

In reality it would be a laptop that also acts as my desktop. I would rather have an all-purpose piece of equipment rather than 2 things. Basically, it would be something that I take through college most likely.

Thing is, if you buy a gaming laptop, you'll be paying twice as much for parts half as powerful as if you were to just build a desktop. It's extremely poor value for your money compared to if you were to buy a desktop + netbook or something. So are you really willing to pay through the nose for substandard stuff just because you want one computer instead of two?

HEY! Get out of my head!

What do you think about theparts list i've put together? Any final recommendations?

Corsair TX650W 650W ATX 12V 52A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan 79.99

G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL Ripjaws PC3-12800 4GB 2X2GB DDR3 x2 222.98

Intel Core i7 860 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.8GHZ 304.99

Western Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black 1TB SATA2 7200RPM 4.2MS 32MB 99.99

ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black 29.99

Logitech S220 2.1 Multimedia PC Speakers Black OEM 31.99

Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard & Optical Mouse Set USB OEM 25.99

Gigabyte P55A-UD3 ATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2PCI-E 2PCI RAID 139.99

Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 725MHZ 1GB 4.0GHZ GDDR5 PCI-E 284.99

Lian Li PC-8N Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Case 4X5.25 1X3.5 3X3.5INT 100.58