How to make this quality budget build even cheaper

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Fgd7xr
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Fgd7xr/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($75.18 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.11 @ Amazon)
Memory: *PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.04 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.48 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.20 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($22.77 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) ($111.97 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: AZIO L70 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($27.19 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Creative Labs Creative Fatal1ty Headset ($23.96 @ Amazon)
Other: Acer S200HQL Cbd 19.5" Widescreen LED Monitor ($65.39)
Other: SAPPHIRE Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($73.02)
Other: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB 7200 RPM HDD ($38.89)
Total: $611.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-06 15:41 EST-0500

How can i make this build even cheaper but still keeping the gpu and cpu?
 
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Martell1977

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If you are Newegg newsletter member, they constantly have sales. i.e. the one I got today had an code for an ASUS DVD burner for $12.99. $36.99 for G.Skill 8gb 1600mhz RAM and they are always having sales on monitors of various sizes... They have what they call "Back November" sales.

Not sure where that price for Windows came from, Newegg has it for $99.99 + $2.99 shipping:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416806&cm_re=windows_7-_-32-416-806-_-Product
Plus, Newegg constantly have sales on that as well. I got a copy about a month ago of Windows 7 for $79.99 at Newegg.
 
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James Mason

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($56.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($20.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Keyboard: Logitech MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($9.99 @ NCIX US)
Headphones: Creative Labs Creative Fatal1ty Headset ($21.99 @ Amazon)
Other: Acer S200HQL Cbd 19.5" Widescreen LED Monitor ($65.39)
Other: SAPPHIRE Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($73.02)
Other: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB 7200 RPM HDD ($38.89)
Total: $525.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-06 16:35 EST-0500
 
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the list includes shipping + tax.
 
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well, since this build consumes less than 300w max (because it is only used for counter strike and surfing the net). the second tier capacitors won't undergo much stress. also in california, the electricity here is pretty cheap compared to other countries so the failed 80+ rating won't matter anyway. since this is a build for a friend who wants his first computer, we are trying to find a better price to performance ratio rather than quality.

btw this computer might get replaced in less than a year (which is dumb imo)

 
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