Good $800 gaming PC?

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Planning on making a gaming set up and it's my first time. Based on what I've looked at, this was the best I come up with. Got any suggestions?

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: MSI - Z370 PC PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Fury 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
GPU: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB GT OCV1 Video Card
PSU: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
 

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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($170.98 @ Newegg Business)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.72 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Kingston - A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($75.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Gaming 8G Video Card ($199.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: DIYPC - P48-W ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.96 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $788.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-02 04:14 EST-0500

faster storage via SSD, twice the HDD space, twice the RAM and dual channel, GPU has more RAM, and a case to put it all in.