Cheap 6350 build help

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I've read so many reviews/forums, I've officially confused myself. Please give me some advice. I want to spend as little as possible to cover my needs (obviously) but also have a system that won't be outdated too soon.
I'm going with the 6350 and 8gigs 1600ram. Is that fast enough ram?
I already have a 600w power supply, case with fans and cpu cooler, and 3tbs HD space with OS.
I'm looking for a 40" 1080p LED HDTV for my main monitor and my acer 19" monitor as a second.
I don't have cable service, I either download or stream video on my main monitor and use the second for web browsing, etc. I'm also a musician/film maker and use the newest available versions of Protools, Reason, Adobe Premier, Soundbooth, etc.
I'm hoping for suggestions on motherboards and videocards for what I've described and also suggestions for adding gaming at different settings.
A problem I'm running into is finding a motherboard that is compatible with the 6350 out of the box, without a bios flash.
I live in Sarasota FL. There's no MicroCenter near me so all parts need to be available online. I'm not picky as far as what site.
No overclocking, SLI, Crossfire...
I'm not locked into any specific amount, but a mobo under $100 and GPU under $150 would be best.
Thanks.
 
Solution
There isn't any compatibility problems with that motherboard, I wish PCPartPicker would update this lol there were some problems when the newer FX series came out, but they are 99.9% fixed now.

I went 750 Ti over 260x because with the 750 Ti you get a few things, in addition to similar performance. The 750 Ti has Shadowplay, so you can record gameplay with a lot less performance drop than with the 260x, it has much lower power draw, so it is cooler/quieter, and it's based on a newer chip than the 260x, which is essentially a rebranded 7790.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($107.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($65.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $387.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-02 14:59 EDT-0400)

All 4 CPU, GPU, Motherboard and RAM under $400
 
Thanks. That's right around what I was looking at. But let me ask, why the GTX 750ti over the R7 260x? I was looking at the 970 motherboard also, but I read that there's a comparability issue with the FX processers.
 
There isn't any compatibility problems with that motherboard, I wish PCPartPicker would update this lol there were some problems when the newer FX series came out, but they are 99.9% fixed now.

I went 750 Ti over 260x because with the 750 Ti you get a few things, in addition to similar performance. The 750 Ti has Shadowplay, so you can record gameplay with a lot less performance drop than with the 260x, it has much lower power draw, so it is cooler/quieter, and it's based on a newer chip than the 260x, which is essentially a rebranded 7790.
 
Solution
I made some adjustments. What do you think?

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3n2GO

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($58.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($165.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Sentey CS1-1420 PLUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Apevia CF12S-BK 57.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.99 @ Newegg)
Other: 2tb Seagate 7200 SATA HDD (Purchased)
Other: 500gb Western Digital 7200 IDE HDD (Purchased)
Other: 600w PSU (Purchased)
Total: $449.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-06 13:50 EDT-0400)

The total price will be $413 after rebates and everything.
 
That looks like a good build to me :) Only thing I would recommend is dropping it to a 6300, dropping the extra fan, and using that extra money to get a good CPU cooler. This would allow you to overclock if you wanted, but would get rid of the loud stock AMD cpu cooler, and make it much quieter and cooler.