Mobo advice for itx build

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Hi,
I need advice on which motherboard to pick for a small pc, I am building for my parents. I have no love for any brand. Features and price is very similar on them, so I hope you can help me pick.
For a CPU I am going with either
Ryzen 5 3400G or Ryzen 5 Pro 3350G

£94.95 Gigabyte B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI
£94.99 ASRock A520M-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
£99.99 MSI B450I Gaming PLUS AC
£102.98 Gigabyte A520I AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
£104.99 ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac
£124.99 ASRock B550M-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard

I was thinking about X570 board but cheapest one is £189.95 other than support for newer gen CPU I don’t believe it’s worth extra money.

Budget. £500-£600
Where do you live? UK, Brittish Pessos £
Is there a retailer you prefer? No loyalty to anyone :stuck_out_tongue:
Do you need or already have peripherals? No
What will you be using your Glorious computer for?
Its home media PC of 21st century, might be used for light Photoshop and office stuff.
Do you overclock or want to get into overclocking?
Might do slight memory OC but highly unlikely
Do you plan on going for custom water-cooling now, or in the future?
No
Operating System. Do you need a new one?
No, most likely it will be win10

PCpartpicker - list/pqCTj2
Case is different one, but it was closest I could find on pcpartpicker.
Actual case - CiT MTX-007B Mini-ITX with 180w PSU

I already bought Case for £47.95 and ram £57.44
I have bids for Ryzen 3400G and Samsung 970 Evo but if they fail I will go with Ryzen 3350G and Kingston A2000 1TB

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Just buy an a300/x300 and call it a day, as you don’t have a dedicated gpu


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Hmmm, While I considered those at the beginning I discarded for the idea I could upgrade cpu and add gpu later on if need be. But considering the case and motherboard come out at the same price as deskmini, might be best to go with x300.
Thank you.

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Since you’re intending an APU, better off to an Barebones setup, the likes of ASRocks X300 [which will support newer processor variants, down the line]… Can always Backmount it, for a tidier presentation.

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