Help on my first PC build

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From http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pentium-apu-benchmark,3120-10.html:
With the sub-$100 Pentiums performing so well, Intel's $125 Core i3-2100 easily beats more expensive Phenom II and FX models. And the $190 Core i5-2400 dominates the sub-$200 landscape without challenge, really. As such, we're almost-shockingly left without an AMD CPU to recommend at any price point.

At that budget, you'd be better off with an i3-2100 and spending the difference on a HD 6850 or 6870 graphics card.