[BUILD READY] I have been offered an Alienware with these specs for £600 ($922), shall I take it?

Yeah, you're right something like this might be more appropriate.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor £155.94 @ Aria PC
Motherboard MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard £38.17 @ Scan.co.uk
Memory Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £50.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £52.11 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £34.45 @ Aria PC
Video Card PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card £199.99 @ Amazon UK
Case Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case £32.98 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply £33.59 @ Aria PC
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total £598.22
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-16 14:58 GMT+0000

I didn't really have the time to make a perfect build, was just pointing out that OP might be better off building his own or trying to get a bit more money off. To be honest if you're patient and wait for sales you could possibly get a 290x in there for about the same price.

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