You've got the right lesson then. :) Make a budget and stick to it where most of your money is going to go into graphics and mobo-cpu. I never recommend skimping on any of those components. Did you plan to reuse or have you included the case or monitor? They aren't that expensive but I've seen budgets busted because they forgot to include these fundamental parts.
As a side suggestion, I would recommend staying away form AMD if this is your first machine. If you had experience with building machines but otherwise I would stay with Intel for your first system.
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