Need gaming rig. How much will I realistically need to spend?

Final build, looking at ordering the parts tomorrow.

Please anyone with any late suggestions, any feedback would be appreciated!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £125.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Power Supply (CP-9020054-UK) £79.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Pro Gaming Keyboard £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,263.31 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Looks good to me. Here are a couple of things you could change, although they are not critical.

The Seagate hard drive is £9 cheaper, although you only get a 1yr warranty (Western digital has 2yrs)

Same for the cpu. The retail version is slightly more expensive (£6), but has 3 year warranty (OEM has 1 year) You also get a stock heatsink/fan with the retail version which is handy as a backup should the Alpenfohn one ever break.



YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £221.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Many thanks for the feedback Lee, placed the order today with all the changes suggested and taking delivery tomorrow!
 
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