~$500 Budget for simple gaming

[MirageMobile]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming and browsing

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$500

3) Where do you live?
Missouri

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
CPU
MOBO
RAM
GPU
maybe Heatsink

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Antec 900 Case
Antec Neo HE550 PSU (if reusable)
DVD drive
1TB HDD
mouse
keyboard
and monitor

6) Will you be overclocking?
not right now

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
23" Acer at 1900 x 1080

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP unless advised otherwise

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
No crossfire or SLI
Perhaps a recommendation that has USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s for future upgrades and a recommendation that will be non RAID and no USB 3.0 or SATA 6Gb/s

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?

Win 7 home premium 64 bit

 

[Dangman]

$217 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU + Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AM3 AMD 870 ATX Motherboard Combo
$55 - G.Skill F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$225 - HIS H687F1G2M Radeon HD 6870 1GB PCI-E Video Card
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Total: $497 shipped.

Make sure that you buy that mobo + CPU combo before December 31st. It expires on that day.

 

[MirageMobile]

I'd spotted that combo as well, but wanted to hear your expert opinion Danny.

Thanks again