Building a gaming system for a friend. What do you think?

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Hi all! I am building a gaming PC for a friend. He has been playing on a laptop for some time now and he wishes to upgrade. Here are the parts I recommended. Keep in mind that we live in Australia and prices vary hugely from the US.

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 @ $275
GFX: ASUS Geforce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II @ $250
HDD: (No SSD's here, too far out of the budget, plus always upgradeble) Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM @ $65
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 1866MHz 2 x 4GB Kit @ $95
MBO: ASRock H97 Performance @ $125
PSU: Corsair VS550W @ $65
Case: Corsair Carbide SPEC-03 @ $79
Optical Drive: Samsung SATA DVD RW Drive @ $18
Extra Fan: (case comes with 2) BitFenix Spectre 120mm Red LED Fan @ $12
OS: Windows 7 64-Bit Home Premium @ $112
Wi-Fi PCI Card TP-Link 150MBps 802.11n @ $13

Overall Price ~$1200

Peripherals are already bought so need to worry about them. What do you guys and girls think? A good system all round or something that needs to change? Keep in mind this is Australia and prices are different here.
 
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Here is what I would do with $1200 AUD

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/H6qtHx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/H6qtHx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($227.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($101.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($409.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($55.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power...
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In the U.S. 95 for 8GB of RAM is a lot of money. 70-80 is more reasonable. Anything cheaper out in Australia? G.Skill is a good brand. Not sure about prices there though.
 
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1866MHz RAM is absolutely unnecessary.
Just get a more affordable 1600MHz one.

Also, as important as a good MB is, I really think you should get a more affordable one and use the spare money + (some extra if needed) to get that SSD. Trust me, you'll thank me later.
It's just so much better than a HDD. You can get a 120GB one for pretty cheap these days.
Or if you can't squeeze the money for that then get a hybrid one.
 
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Here is what I would do with $1200 AUD

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/H6qtHx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/H6qtHx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($227.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($101.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($409.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($55.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($88.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.00 @ CPL Online)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($119.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1188.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-04 16:48 EST+1100
 
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2133 is oft cheaper than 1600 ....

Cheapest set of 2 x 4GB in Australia is $89 and comes w/o heat sinks
http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct2kit51264ba160b

2nd cheapest is the set he picked
http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-hx318c10fk28

Be aware that with windows over time growing to 60 - 85 GB w/ "common files" from programs which don't go along with the program ya put on the HD, game foot prints running 30- 40GB you don't fit many games on a SSD and anything not on that SSD gets 0 benefit from having one.
 
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