First time gaming PC. Can I improve?

[lordevilthefirst]

My goal is to building a gaming PC and purchase all necessary peripherals for $1800 or less. This is what I have selected so far. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3tqsE Can I improve anything to lower the cost or get better components at the same price? Either parts or peripherals. I didn't pick out an after market cooler because I don't intend to do any overclocking at this time. I might 9-12 months down the road. Will the standard CPU cooler work fine? Does this build give me room for upgrading over the next several years? Thanks for reading.

 

[lantrich]

You will probably not be happy with a 120gb solid state state drive as a system drive. I would not go lower than 240 gb.

 

[lordevilthefirst]

You will probably not be happy with a 120gb solid state state drive as a system drive. I would not go lower than 240 gb.

Even if I only plan on putting the OS on it? My plan is to eventually upgrade to a 500gb SSD once prices come down in a year or two.

 

[Leonell12]

the build looks genuinely alright....but it so happens that i also put together a pc that is very similar to yours for £1400 not too long ago...theres the specs, if u want u can have a look at these, might help u out I did ALOT of research so i think the builds really valid, also you might wanna throw in a tiny bit more money and probably get an Asus Z87-Plus for a mobo

CPU Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core £155.99
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing £25.45
Motherboard Asus Z87-Plus ATX LGA1150 £112.90
Memory Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 £54.96
Storage Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" SSD £59.94
Western Digital AV-GP 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM £64.96
Video Card Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II £319.55
Case Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower £129.00
Power Supply Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V £83.93
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer £15.95
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) £73.74
Monitor Asus VG23AH 23.0" £153.80
Wireless Network Adapter Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 £14.99
Mouse Mad Catz R.A.T. 5 Wired Laser £44.98
Custom Steelseries Apex Gaming Keyboard £37.99
Norton 360 Gold £31.49
Turtle Beach X12 Gaming Headset £25.00
LED strip lights £8.39

hope this helps!