nah you didn't make a bad purchase, this is mainly just peoples opinion not what you must buy. I have no clue why people are pushing you to overclock your CPU either, since you're not really a hardcore computer guy. Another thing is when you overclock you would need to run something like Prime95, monitor your CPU temps, check for stability, then adjust all your settings according to your outcome. So if you had no interest in learning on how to OC and potential dangers and how to properly check for stability then yes you made the proper choice. BTW this is a pretty decent build man, if you had extra money the only next best thing you could of done was go intel with faster memory.