Helping a friend build a new gaming PC

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Over the last few weeks I've been helping my friend build a new PC for gaming. His budget is ~$1000. He can go a bit above or a bit below. He's been looking at prebuilt options from sites like cyberpowerpc.com and ibuypower.com, but I think he can get a similar build for a lower price. Right now, here's what I have for him on PCPartPicker:

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($92.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($252.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Cooler Master GX 650W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $982.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-25 15:38 EST-0500)

I think this is a pretty solid build for the price. However, there are probably a lot of you around here that can give suggestions. Windows is a must. As far as I understand, Intel is generally better for gaming, so Intel is preferred as well. What do you guys think of this build?

 

[ShakeSchack]

Erisyuka

 

[average_name]

Only suggestion I have is to add an SSD

 

[EditingXBL]

i like your signature, your signature is amazing. <3

 

[landowicked]

id go with the evga 760 overclocked its like 10 bucks more and its nicer i have it in mine, its a great card
also gotta agree with koala, go with a like around 250 GB for an ssd, and then throw a 500gb-1tb HDD(basic hard drive) in it, Also for a 760 graphics card a power supply of at least 700W is recommended and also since the motherboard can support up to 2400 ram sticks, id go higher then a 1600, 2133 is a nice happy medium and will give you faster memory performance for not that big of a price increase.

also may i ask if he intends to build his own?? or not

 

[average_name]

id go with the evga 760 overclocked its like 10 bucks more and its nicer i have it in mine, its a great card
also gotta agree with koala, go with a like around 250 GB for an ssd, and then throw a 500gb-1tb HDD(basic hard drive) in it, Also for a 760 graphics card a power supply of at least 700W is recommended and also since the motherboard can support up to 2400 ram sticks, id go higher then a 1600, 2133 is a nice happy medium and will give you faster memory performance for not that big of a price increase.

also may i ask if he intends to build his own?? or not

650 Watts is plenty if the power supply is quality. The reason why they put the 700W recommended (to my understanding) is because they assume everyone has crappy power supplies. I have an i7 3770k and an r9 280x running off of a 620W power supply with no problems.