Solid Office Workstation Build. Would like input.

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I want to build a simple workstation for the office. Nothing fancy but I do want to go with an APU instead of a dedicated GPU and a M.2 SSD for a boot drive. Most of my storage is cloud based, network based or USB 3.0 HDD so I don't need much in the way of storage. Finally, I don't want to be too limited on how aggressively I can run MS Office :)

No gaming, rendering or compiling. Just want to build a good affordable workstation.

Thoughts on the following?

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Mushkin - Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Storage: 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
 
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Perfectly fine build, many will say get faster RAM, but honestly if this is a basic business PC increasing the RAM speed wont really benefit you (though sometimes you can find high speed DDR4 pretty cheap)
For example that Mushkin Essentials is 73.63
But some Patriot Signature Line DDR4-2666 is a mere $1.36 more.

NVMe vs SATA isn't a big deal in a business PC use, You could save a a few dollars or up the capacity

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($98.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot - Signature Line 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory...
Perfectly fine build, many will say get faster RAM, but honestly if this is a basic business PC increasing the RAM speed wont really benefit you (though sometimes you can find high speed DDR4 pretty cheap)
For example that Mushkin Essentials is 73.63
But some Patriot Signature Line DDR4-2666 is a mere $1.36 more.

NVMe vs SATA isn't a big deal in a business PC use, You could save a a few dollars or up the capacity

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($98.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot - Signature Line 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.98 @ Newegg Business)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $432.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-30 16:50 EDT-0400
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($98.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Raidmax - Ninja II ATX Mid Tower Case ($25.98 @ Newegg Business)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $353.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-30 17:03 EDT-0400
 


That case is trash, I would get something much better than that. I would also suggest going with a B450 board to eliminate the BIOS update problems. Here's what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($98.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($93.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($74.49 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ B&H)
Total: $444.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-30 17:27 EDT-0400

Mine is a little bit more but you will be able to run the 2200G out of the box with a B450 board, where the B350 boards will require a BIOS update before they can function properly.