That's where I priced the Ryzen.
Remember, I'm not privy to your intended usage, so anything will only be suggestion rather than recommendation.
As far as the motherboard is concerned, I'm not sure that going up the ranges will offer you much practical advantage, unless there is something extra in the specs you want/need.
I quite like ASUS m/bs, but (along with Z's recommendation of the "Prime" series for Intel), I'd compare the specs of the one above with :
www.cclonline.com/product/258497/90MB0YN0-M0EAY0/Motherboards/Asus-Prime-B450-Plus-AMD-AM4-B450-Motherboard-ATX-RAID-LAN-AMD-Radeon-Graphics-/MBD2488/
...which is £25 cheaper.
You might even look at
www.cclonline.com/product/257790/90-MXB8B0-A0UAYZ/Motherboards/ASRock-B450-Pro4-AMD-Socket-AM4-B450-Chipset-ATX-Motherboard/MBD2470/
....which saves a further £15 and is the ATX version of my current mATX board.
AMD kit tends to be choosy about memory, so I would only buy off the motherboard QVL list, or an item recommended by a memory manufacturer on their "memory chooser" pages for the specific motherboard. (You only need the memory code, then search the online retailers).
I happen to know that 16GB of (2x8, non-overclocked) memory compatible with the ASRock/Asus boards above can be had for less than £65.
Just for completeness, the following is the M2/PCIe SSD I have. It was (and is still) well rated, but there are others. It is an example at £68 for 512GB, there are other decent options around.
www.cclonline.com/product/264398/ASX8200PNP-512GT-C/Solid-State-Drives-SSDs-/ADATA-XPG-SX8200-Pro-512GB-M-2-2280-PCIe-Gen3-x4-NVMe-Internal-Solid-State-Drive-SSD-/SSD0896/
If you do finally jump for something, I'm sure that if you post on here Z, myself or someone else can comment on the overall compatibility.
I've also had a ponder on your question about the newer B550 chipset. I think the only practical change you woud see is a limited amount of support for PCIe v4. In theory, this offers faster transfer between certain components, but those that support v4 are very new, and your Graphics card (planned for re-use) is v3 anyway, so I think I would exclude it as a choice. Whilst the new B550 boards won't support that (-1 Gen) Ryzen 5 2600, I think conversely that the older B450 boards will support the newer generation of Ryzens. There can be problems with this, though, since the support relies on BIOS upgrades, and if you get a board "off-the shelf" without a recent BIOS, then you need an older CPU to update the BIOS - Catch22 if you've bought a processor newer than the BIOS on the board as supplied will support!
So, putting the thing in perspective. If you go for the cheaper motherboard you could have CPU/Motherboard/16GB Memory and a fast 512GB SSD for around £350. None of it is quite leading-edge, but it is all of a decent spec.
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