Building a £800 gaming pc

CG100

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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this week (the closer the better)

Budget Range: £800

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming surfing the internet and watching films.

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon or Scan.

Location: UK

Parts Preferences: 8320/8350 CPU or i5, r9 280x fractal design r4 black pearl w/window. Edit: I also need a keyboard.

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
 
Left some room for the keyboard
Xeon E3-1225v3 because it is like an i7 but cheaper, close in price to comparable i5's

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1225 V3 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£170.88 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£60.67 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£225.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£76.97 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£48.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£71.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £774.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-04 01:18 GMT+0000)