Best $500 Pc imaginably possible (entry level)

This is ~$588 post tax assuming a 10% tax rate (I googled, it's lower in Ohio but fuck it, wanted to be safe.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor $66.98 @ Newegg
Motherboard Asus B85M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $44.99 @ SuperBiiz
Memory G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $29.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $42.90 @ Amazon
Video Card Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Vapor-X Video Card $182.98 @ Newegg
Case Thermaltake Versa H25 ATX Mid Tower Case $24.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply $34.99 @ NCIX US
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer $15.99 @ Newegg
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) $84.89 @ OutletPC
Keyboard Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard $6.99 @ NCIX US
Mouse Logitech B100 Wired Optical Mouse $6.89 @ SuperBiiz
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $590.58
Mail-in rebates -$55.00
Total $535.58
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-20 03:23 EST-0500

You will have to overclock the G3258, and it will be a little noisy on the stock cooler, but should OC okay. If possible, consider reusing your HDD. The R9 270X should be a bit more powerful than the 750Ti, and should run nicely on a 500W PSU.

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