Good gaming setup for $500-$600

[Codex228]

I'm gonna be building a new computer and wanted to make it around $500-$600 and upgrade it over time maybe? I wanted suggestions on what I should get for my computer.
My friend suggested this. I am not too sure on the gpu, intel or amd?

-XION XION Gaming Series XON-985-BK Black with BLUE LED Light Steel/ Plastic, Meshed Front Panel design. ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

-Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM

-MSI A78M-E45 FM2+ / FM2 AMD A78 (Bolton D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

-LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04 - OEM

-Rosewill Stallion Series RD400-2-SB 400W ATX 12V v2.2 Power Supply

-Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model BLS8G3D1609DS1S00

-AMD A10-5800K Trinity 3.8GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 7660D AD580KWOHJBOX

 

[CTurbo]

You could do a lot better than an A10 for $500-600. Do you need to buy windows, monitor, mouse, or keyboard?

 

[logainofhades]

If Windows is needed.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.93 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Value 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.91 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($94.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $601.75
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-04 18:20 EDT-0400)

Without windows

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.91 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $606.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-04 18:23 EDT-0400)

 

[CTurbo]

I 100% agree with ^^his^^ with windows build, but I would do differently if you don't need to buy windows.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3maDV
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3maDV/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3maDV/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.93 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($55.04 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($229.20 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.91 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $601.04
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-04 22:22 EDT-0400)

 

[logainofhades]

You have mail in rebates turned on again, don't you?

 

[CTurbo]

Yep