So things didn't work out and im not going to be getting a custom build anytime soon and am contemplating putting some money into what I have now to make it more usable.

https://www.asus.com/us/Tower-PCs/M11BB/overview/

have a A8-5500 APU, 12gb of RAM, haven't cracked it open yet to see if my power supply is 300w or 350w. don't want to spend more then $200. Minimal knowledge of this kind of stuff.