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I am putting together a PC for a mate who wants to get back into PC gaming.  

He will be using his TV as the monitor and has the OS already.
He will not be OC'ing the CPU.
He also wants it to have a Joker theme (Green and Purple).

 

Budget $1250 AUD
 
I have put together a build but want to see if I can make any improvements.
 
Here is the build I have so far:
 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/4yywD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/4yywD3/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($249.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($75.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($85.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 285 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($289.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Corsair Air 240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.00) 
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($14.50) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($14.50) 
Other: Bitfenix Alchemy Connect 30cm Green LED Strip ($22.00)
Other: Custom Sleeved Green Cables ($39.00)
 
Total: $1170.00
 
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-01 16:58 EST+1000

 

I still need to find is a CPU cooler that will work with this build and it's aesthetics.

 

Any help with the cooler and general improvements would be greatly appreciated.

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