Need advice over budget build

[Nishida]

Hello fellow LTT's, I am back with another puzzling question I would love some help with. 

A friend of mine came to me asking about whether to build or buy a new computer for herself, as she typically uses her current one for music and photo editing. Her current PC is quite outdated and runs rather slow, but gets the job done. She's hoping for something much more faster, stronger, and capable of running Windows 7,8,10 etc. 



Budget: = or < $400 USD. 
Resolution: 1080p perf, or higher as she's editing / messing with pictures (does photography on the side quite often).
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc): She's hoping to start using Pixlr, or other photo editing software (her current pc can't run Pixlr since it needs Win7 or better).
Country: USA

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($58.50 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.00 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.66 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($35.10 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.40 @ SuperBiiz) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.20 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $400.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-29 19:53 EDT-0400

Thanks in advance!

[Morgan MLGman]

This would be better ^^

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus A88XM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($45.30 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($39.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.66 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $404.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-29 20:43 EDT-0400

[Nishida]

This would be better ^^

Perhaps, but she would prefer it to be under $400... I'll know more tomorrow though

[Morgan MLGman]

Perhaps, but she would prefer it to be under $400... I'll know more tomorrow though

It literally costs the same (if you include the rebates). ^^