Mini ITX Basic PC Build

[msandreereid]

Hi,

I am planning on building a PC for Microsoft office/casual web browsing/video that is fairly future-proofed. I live in the UK and my budget is around £300. I'll be running one 1080p monitor and not adding any more. I'm upgrading because my old PC can only handle good ol' Windows XP and is getting extremely slow. I want an ITX form factor and no peripherals are included in the price. I may also consider an SSD later. It will be my second time building a PC.

Here it is:

CPU: AMD 5350 £31.65

Motherboard: Asus AM1I-A £30.08

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 £22.17

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £39.84

Case: Fractal Design Core 500 £49.99

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W £42.72

OS: Windows 10 £72.22

Wireless Network Adapter (no ethernet): TP-Link TL-WN781ND £10.25

Total: £301.69

(all prices from PCPartPicker at time of posting)

Any suggestions? Thanks.

[Sanderman135]

I wouldn't really consider the AM1 socket to be future proof but it looks like it'd be fine for basic tasks and watching videos. 

[TheRandomness]

APU + any cheap FM2+ board + cheap PSU

[msandreereid]

11 minutes ago, Sanderman135 said:

I wouldn't really consider the AM1 socket to be future proof but it looks like it'd be fine for basic tasks and watching videos. 

Could you recommend anything in my price range?

[Sanderman135]

1 minute ago, msandreereid said:

Could you recommend anything in my price range?

Like @TheRandomness said, some sort of AMD APU with a decent motherboard should serve you fine. Maybe an A10-7850k.