~250 dollar computer build

You are paying premium for going with new parts. Have you checked Craigslist in your area? If you are not after best/fastest, used will let you save lots of $$.

Here's a combo deal with a better motherboard with possibility of unlocking cores:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...

I don't like that PSU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...

RAM with HS:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Well keep in mind that is a Micro-ATX motherboard... while it WILL fit in that case, generally if you're buying a midtower you should be buying a normal ATX motherboard. I assuming you chose a micro b/c they are cheaper... everything will work fine, but you will have some really cramped components.

Looking at the mobo and GPU you have, the video card looks pretty short, so It is my best guess that you wont have any clearance issues. I'd say go ahead with that build... as soon as you get some money saved up you should get another 2gb stick of ram! That's going to be the main thing you're lacking... so should be near future step up to 4gb

It's tough to do much with $400, but I think you did about the best you could. Make sure you look for combo packages on each component at newegg

building a computer for someone under 300. i picked out the same cpu and motherboard. got 4gb of mem though.