ive had bad experiences with amd processors so i wouldnt recommend them. also ati graphics are crap for the most part. not too fond of asus laptops but the others mainly lenovo are good. for the most part you can get a damn good setup for under your budget. where are you located? look into microcenter theres one in smyrna and one in duluth i believe? microcenter.com they have awesome deals and sales all the time. i built my desktop from everything there.