Advice On My First Build Components ~ Budget 650$

if you are not an AMD fanboy, i suggest you pict NVIDIA card at that price range. cheaper and stronger (sad fact)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($67.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Kingston T1 Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($59.09 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 1GB Video Card ($143.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z5 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $639.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-06 22:17 EDT-0400)

change almost every part for better bang for the buck :)
feel free to change it to your liking
 

Ownagecat

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You may be right but benchmarks say that the AMD card is stronger than the NVIDIA card. Can you explain why (or if) it matters to have a larger memory size on a video card? The 650 Ti only has 1 GB while the 7850 has 2.