im going to build a pc soon and i was wondering if anyone had suggestions on how to improve this build
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/happyman323/saved/4cjL

I can't speak for your need for more memory or video card, or if you'd want to shave money off the budget, but if it were me, I'd be trying to save money to spend on some changes.  Could probably save on the CPU cooler, motherboard, memory, power supply, optical drive, sound card, fans, and keyboard, and recycle an old case.  This would leave money to put toward a bigger (or additional) monitor, and a SSD.  I'd venture to say money spent on a SSD on which to install the OS would do more to speed up system performance than throwing more money elsewhere.  Depending on what your use will be, sometimes it's nice to have two displays, or one nice big screen.  I know I spend a lot more time looking at my mediocre monitor than I do at my expensive RAM which I never fully utilize.

That's the worst part of putting a new computer together - paying for all the parts!  If you want to save some money, keep an eye out for used computers or components from somebody that's recently upgraded.  My budget upgrade put me to a core 2 quad with board, 8 gigs of ram, and a new GT 630 for a total expense of $75, which I couldn't beat with a stack of sticks.

If you want to save money, using newegg helps.  You have a much larger selection of components to choose from, most of them will be cheaper, and shipping on 50% of things on newegg are either free or pretty cheap.  You'll save bunches of money on shipping alone and a decent amount on the bottom prices they tend to have.  You'll also have access to pretty extensive reviews and ratings and a solid interface to sort and filter for what you're looking for.   The difficult part, if your first pc, is knowing what to look for.  You can use that list you created as a reference and build from it, or s**** the whole thing and learn the form factors that make x compatible with y and z.

I'm betting if you found all those parts or something similar on newegg the cost would be less.  They always have specials and sales and the most popular items (which are usually the most dependable) usually get discounted.