£530 budget pc build for a mate

CameronRock98

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So I'm trying to get my friend into pc gaming ( he's a console kinda guy ) he was round at my house playing games on my pc and he really liked it but he's not got the budget I had when building a pc so I configured this build for him

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/gHYpD3

I've never made an AMD build ( I'm an Intel fan boy :p ) but I personally think AMD suits this budget build, any suggestions on how to lower the price in anyway for him or maybe upgrade some of the parts in here ?

thanks for reading this, all suggestions are welcome.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£131.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.06 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£129.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.75 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.38 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.05 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.79 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £552.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-03 00:07 BST+0100
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£84.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.06 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£159.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.75 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.38 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.05 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.79 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £534.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-03 00:16 BST+0100
 
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