pc build

Well, in 3 months, these prices are going to be wildly inaccurate so you may not be able to get the same build. But if I were going to build a PC in that budget with upgradability in mind, here's what I'd do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor $204.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $98.99 @ SuperBiiz
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $53.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $65.49 @ OutletPC
Storage Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $39.70 @ Amazon
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card $263.99 @ Newegg
Case Enermax OSTROG ATX Mid Tower Case $39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply $34.99 @ NCIX US
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $842.13
Mail-in rebates -$40.00
Total $802.13
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-05 13:31 EDT-0400

On the Skylake socket with DDR4 RAM and a DX12-ready GPU that'll destroy games at 1080p. Got an SSD for a boot disk and a 1tb HDD for storage.

As for the case, you can switch it out for whatever works for you, that one is cheap, nice features, and has good reviews. I use a slightly larger version of that case which I've loved so far (not the prettiest case but it's got plenty of nice features), but it's largely a matter of taste so pick whatever you want, PCPartpicker automatically filters out incompatible cases and warns you if there's any problem with, say, the GPU fitting inside the case.

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