Mini ITX for $300 or less?

[CarDesinr]

Mini ITX build for $300 or less, GO!

[Maskot]

You pay an extra $100 for every inch taken away from ATX, so good luck.

[CarDesinr]

Never said it had to be good. Let me set this up a bit more. You do not need a graphics card and ram. Those are already supplied.

[Kiwiandapple]

Where are you shopping? What GPU do you have? Since long cards don't fit in some small cases. 

 

Edit: this might not even work, some H61 boards need a bios update before they work, don't know the details about that. Aswell the PSU is right over the CPU cooler, I even wonder how well it fits. But with the intel stock cooler, it should work. There is a picture off an aftermarket cooler on a board, but it's still very close. And not sure how much air it will be able to breath once the PSU is in the case. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Pentium G2130 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard:  ASRock H61MV-ITX Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case:  Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Microcenter) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Microcenter) 

Total: $294.95

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-19 13:22 EDT-0400)