help low budget gaming laptop/desktop

^^ What the Mod said.

Try using PC Part Picker (http://pcpartpicker.com/). It shows you the best prices available when you the pick out the computer parts. It also gives out a link which you can share with us.

Thanks for the PcPartPicker link!

Good choice on those parts. I would go for 8 GB of ram, unless I was doing excessive video editing and what not. But, hey, ram is so cheap nowadays, so why not, right?

I would change the Power Supply though. Power Supplies are where you should invest more in, as a bad power supply can damage your computer components (over time by delivering dirty power) and can even explode! I suggest the Seasonic S12II 430W. It was given a Golden Award by Hardware Secrets (http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Seasonic-S12II-Bronze-430-W-Power-Supply-Review/1590).

Personally, I'm a build-it-yourself PC person, and I don't go for notebooks. PC's can be customized to however you want it to be, on your particular budget. Notebooks, on the other hand, are pre-built, and the specs and performance I would want would always be more expensive than if I just bought higher performing parts for my PC.

That said, that particular notebook, the Acer Aspire V3-571G-9686, is cheaper at Newegg. Things you have to know about it:
- The HDD is only 500 GB and has an rpm of 5400. Most of the people who bought have complained about the the speed being slow.
- Display resolution is 1366x768. Again, personally, ever since I started on the 1920x1080, smaller resolutions just don't give me the same viewing satisfaction.