About 2 years ago I built some midrange 1440p computers with my 2 boys. With some guidance they ran every wire and touched every screw.

$900 Towers CPU -------- AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600 6-Core, 12-Thread MOBO ----- ASRock B550M Pro4 Micro ATX RAM ------- 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Storage ---- 2 TB M.2-2280 GPU -------- RX 6700 XT 12 GB

$1500 with desk / chair / peripherals / monitor