Budget: $2000
More specific use (what games, what programs): everything
Planned time until purchase: any time
Do you need an Operating System?: yes
Do you have any specific preferred components?: a good case
Do you need a sound or wireless card?:
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: possibly.
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: idk
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): currently in military, so will be moving around in 2 weeks. just find the cheapest in the u.s.

Would you like a case with window to display/show off your components or do you just care about performance?

Either or, doesn't matter too much. just a nice looking case.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4bl

Does that look good to you?

not so much, im thinking more like ..

can't remember the name.

had shinobi in it or something like that. it was a nice case.

yee

500 GB of total storage @2,000$ budget in 2015?
You simply put together overpriced (like motherboard) and unnecessary (16 GB RAM) parts ImO.

500GB is plenty of storage, atleast for a pure gaming rig