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Can i get some advice of lowering the price of this.

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/YZkMXL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/YZkMXL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($205.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.SNIPER H6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($90.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($60.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($245.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($100.00 @ Centre Com)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1112.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-26 14:20 EST+1000
 
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GTX 960 simulated benchmarks are out, and it performs like this

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-track-release-month-simulated-benchmarks-surface/

Read that article and you can see that the gtx 960 is worth its price, getting better benchmarks than the gtx 770 and that's really good for a graphics card which is only around $250. Also lower your ssd to a 128gb and that should lower your price and make it more affordable for you.
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a 120 gig SSD would lower the price

It might be worth holding off a few weeks for the release of the nVidia GTX 960 .
It may be much better value than current Radeons . The 970 and 980 definitely are .

Use windows 8.1 and save a few dollars too . Its easy to add a start button with Classic Shell and you get a faster OS with some nice new features and you can use it on two more computers
 
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How much better are those cards than my current option? I don't really understand benchmarks with the numbers not as fps, oh and im trying to make this pc last a long time and have you got any other suggestions for my build? I dont know about windows 8.1, its very differnt

 
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8.1 is very different , but by installing the program I mentioned [ classic shell ] you can make win 8 look and behave like win 7 , xp or even 98 .

No one has seen benchmarks for the GTX 960 yet . None are for sale . But the 970 and 980 are massive improvements in performance for a given price and they use much less power to do it .
Waiting a bit seems smart

In the meantime you can build the rest of the computer and run it using the onboard graphics
 
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GTX 960 simulated benchmarks are out, and it performs like this

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960-track-release-month-simulated-benchmarks-surface/

Read that article and you can see that the gtx 960 is worth its price, getting better benchmarks than the gtx 770 and that's really good for a graphics card which is only around $250. Also lower your ssd to a 128gb and that should lower your price and make it more affordable for you.
 
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