Buy a gaming laptop or build my own desktop?

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nnodley said:

ThatGreekGuy said:

Yeah, I was going to build mine but I didn't have enough money so I bought one that was ready.

Here are some good things that I had in my e-mail at Christmas:

SKU:CPUA001760 AMD Bulldozer X8 FX-8150 (125W) Eight Core Socket AM3+...
  Save $30 $149.99 « More CPU 

SKU:RAMP001113 Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3..  Save $10 $34.99 « More Memories

SKU:HDSS000174 Samsung Spinpoint M8 1TB 5400RPM 8MB Cache 2.5"...  Save $20 $69.99 « More HDD

SKU:MBGA001835 Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP Socket 1155 Intel Z77 Chi...  Save $25* $84.99* « More Motherboards

SKU:VCMS000670 MSI AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB GDDR5...  Save $60* $239.99* « More Video Cards

SKU:CSCO000886 Cooler Master K350 Mid Tower Case USB3.0 (RC-K350-...  Save $10* $39.99* « More Cases

SKU:PSCO000034 Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 720W 80Plus Bronze Cer...  Save $20* $109.99* « More Power Supplies

SKU:SMCO000685 Corsair Force Series 3 GT 180GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s So...  Save $10 $179.9

 

Thanks for showing those.  This will give me an idea of how much I could need.  Do you know of any other website besides newegg to search parts.  Thats the only one I know of. 

That Motherboard and Processor will never work together.
Also get a 7200rpm hard drive, even for storage, instead of a 5400rpm drive.
A 7200rpm drive can finish it's work and go to sleep much sooner which can actually save you on power if you access it frequently.

I would also ditch that PSU and grab an Antec Neo Eco(If you are on a budget)/Corsair/Enermax/Seasonic instead.