Best gaming computer/laptop for around 800 dollars.

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I am looking to buy a new computer/laptop for around 800-900 dolllars. I would gladly build one, but I don't know have the techinical know how and I am bound to break something doing so and will just end up not enjoying the experience.

What I will be using the computer for is just about everything. I love gaming and will be going to college for photography, along with learning graphic design, video editing, etc. I will also be live streaming, recording, and uploading video games to youtube. I do know that price range isn't the best for doing so, but I have to live with what I have. If I had to choose, I would choose gaming over the other stuff if that helps at all.

Since I will also be going to college, a laptop would be nice, but if I can get something marginally better for the same price, I would be stupid not to take that deal. Any help would be great. I have two ideas already picked out, so any input on these would be nice. I don't know if they are good, will work well for what I need, etc. My best bet is something refurbished, which I don't mind, but can't find much that fits my needs as well.

This is a laptop I found which seems really neat for the price

http://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Refurbished-Natural-Silver-17.3-ENVY-TouchSmart-Laptop-PC-with-Intel-Core-i7-4700MQ-Processor-16GB-Memory-Touchscreen-1TB-Hard-Drive-and-Window/38661503

and this is the desktop, which seemed good, but wasn't refurbished.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-essentio-desktop-12gb-memory-2tb-hard-drive/5818029.p?id=1219159703153&skuId=5818029&st=categoryid$pcmcat212600050008&cp=1&lp=5

Any help, or advice would be great, thanks for any help it is much appreciated.
 
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I really like the HP Envy Quad Core edition. It's currently on sale right now, so maybe you should check it out.

HP ENVY - 15t Quad Edition Windows 7 Laptop (4th Gen Intel i7; Nvidia Geforce GT 740M w/ 2048 MB VRAM)
Starting at [strike]$849.99[/strike] $729.99
http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/us/en/hp-envy-15t-quad-edition-g1l49av-1

HP ENVY - 15z Laptop (AMD A8 or A10; Radeon HD or Radeon HD 8750m Discrete)
Starting at [strike]$529.99[/strike] $459.99
http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/us/en/hp-envy-15z-e1u67av-1

The top one is much more powerful, uses an Intel i7 w/ Nvidia Graphics Card, and is running on Windows 7.
The bottom one is more customizable, uses AMD A8 or A10* with AMD Radeon HD (8750m discrete available)* and runs Windows 8.

Both can either have 1366x768 or full 1080p*.

I'd recommend taking a look at both.

* Will upcharge price
 
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If you take a quick link at the first laptop I posted in a link, I think it is better for the prices because it is refurbished. You may want to check your self because I am not good with computers, but they seem identical besides the ram and it seems like I would be getting 6 gigs of ram for around 20 dolllars which is something I won't pass up. Tell me if you find anything different.
 
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Also to add on, I think it may be best if I stick with a pc, if I want to stream, record, edit, etc. I think I may have to skip the convenience of a laptop and get more out of a desktop even though a laptop would be better.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $854.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-30 01:50 EDT-0400
 
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I figured you were going for mobility. By all means, if you can, desktop is the way to go. You'll be getting much more out of what you pay.

If you still want a laptop though, I think you'd want that first link (probably not the AMD one if you've got $800 to use).
 
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Thanks for the advice, but I don't know how to build a desktop and wouldn't trust videos and what not, I would need someone there to show me step by step.
 
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