400-500 USD school/mid gaming pc.

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.

School (MS Office, web browsing, etc.) Gaming (LoL, Skyrim, CS:GO, Minecraft)

What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?

400-500 USD

When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

Probably around tax time or christmas.

What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (Tower/OS/monitor/keyboard/mouse/etc)

Just the box and what goes in it.

Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?

Closest one is in ATL so about 1h30m.

If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.

monitor, keyboard, mouse

Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?

Not for now. CPU, not GPU

Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

Small SSD for OS and common applications.

Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-tower/full-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

Something cheap but durable with space to work with. front audio for my headset would be nice too.

Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?

nope

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