US $500 Gaming Computer

If you think you'll be doing more editing than gaming, I suggest ditching the i3 for an i5, and getting a 750ti. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor $112.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $42.99 @ Directron
Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $44.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $49.99 @ NCIX US
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card $182.98 @ Newegg
Case NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $34.99 @ SuperBiiz
Power Supply Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $61.98 @ Newegg
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer $15.99 @ Newegg
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $576.90
Mail-in rebates -$30.00
Total $546.90
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-10 22:17 EDT-0400
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