Can you help make this cheaper?

Here you go. Significantly cheaper by about $175 from your original build, and $150 from the above build.

Swapped the low end SSD + 1TB HDD for a 240GB SSD instead. If you really need the HDD storage I'd recommend adding on this 1TB HDD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor $179.49 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $46.98 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $55.99 @ Newegg
Storage OCZ ARC 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $89.99 @ Amazon
Video Card HIS Radeon R9 290 4GB IceQ X² Video Card $252.98 @ Newegg
Case NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case $44.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Rosewill 500W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $64.99 @ Newegg
Optical Drive Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer $14.98 @ Newegg
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) $92.00 @ B&H
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $862.39
Mail-in rebates -$20.00
Total $842.39
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-06 22:59 EST-0500
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