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500 Usd build for friend

Hello, my friend wants to build a pc instead of buying one because I told him how stupid it would be to just go and buy a prebuilt one. I've been out of the hardware game for a bit and am not sure what a solid 500$ gaming build would be could anyone help?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($66.20 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($45.00 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.39 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $501.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-06 19:55 EDT-0400


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