As a current user of AMD graphics cards, I can explain to you why I'm going to change. While the 290 is a pretty good budget card, I would pick the 300$ equivalent from nvidia. They have more features and and are generally better. The other thing I noticed was the motherboard. Did you just pick the cheapest compatible one? Make sure it is good quality. Also, are you sure you don't want to add a storage hard drive? SSD's fill up fast.