[SOLVED] Looking for help on which motherboard to get at a budget

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Hello,
My birthday is coming up and I plan to upgrade my PC with the birthday money and money that has accumulated from my work, right now the components are:
CPU: i5-2400
RAM: 16GB DDR3
GPU: ASUS 1070 Turbo
Motherboard: MSI H61M-P31/W8
PSU: CV 650
Case: Aerocool CyberX Advance Midi Tower Case

I plan to get a Ryzen 3600 but am not sure which motherboard and CPU cooler to get, I wanted to get the B450 Tomohawk but apparently there is a problem with BIOS and compatibility with the RYZEN 3000 Series. I also am just unsure of how compatibility works with CPU coolers and what to look for. I also will be planning to get 16GB of DDR4 RAM but that will take some more saving up until I can get that. Any help with this will be gladly accepted. By the way, I am from the UK!
Thanks!
PS- I have put some images of my components and case below, in case that helps.
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Solution
There's not really much point buying cpu and motherboard now without ram.

You need to buy all 3 together in case you happen to have any problems and have to rma something.

Just over £300 for everything.
You could go £20 cheaper on the board if you need to

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£158.97 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (£91.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£60.41 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £311.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-24 15:56 BST+0100
May 11, 2020
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Well, it'd be much easier if you followed the stylizing of this thread with the necessary information in this thread. Regardless, it'll be a good step moving forward. Please don't forget to include your budget and your preferred site(s) for purchase.
Thanks, I will do this in the future and try to make it clearer. My budget is £200-£300 for the motherboard and CPU+Cooler, for the RAM I plan to get this later for around £80-£120 if possible. I plan to buy from any website that ships to the UK so ebuyer, amazon, box, currys, etc.. hope this helps!
 
There's not really much point buying cpu and motherboard now without ram.

You need to buy all 3 together in case you happen to have any problems and have to rma something.

Just over £300 for everything.
You could go £20 cheaper on the board if you need to

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£158.97 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (£91.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£60.41 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £311.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-24 15:56 BST+0100
 
Solution
May 11, 2020
7
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There's not really much point buying cpu and motherboard now without ram.

You need to buy all 3 together in case you happen to have any problems and have to rma something.

Just over £300 for everything.
You could go £20 cheaper on the board if you need to

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£158.97 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (£91.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£60.41 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £311.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-24 15:56 BST+0100

Thank you so much, this is perfect I plan to buy them all very soon! Sorry for the late reply, this is great!