My 15yo son built the below specs PC for his 13yo cousin last week. He lost his dad a few mths ago. It was very sudden and unexpected. At that time my son built his 1st pc and my bro in law was eager to build one with his son and asked us a bunch of questions. A week later he was gone.
This is his Birthday present from us. Some other relatives bought monitor and peripherals for him.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $169
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $79
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 16 GB DDR4-3200 CL16 $95
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $69
Video Card: Inno3D GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB Twin X2 OC Video Card $199
Case: MSY Rotarium 4 x RGB fans $85
Power Supply: Gigabyte GreenMax Plus 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified $69
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCIe x1 $17
Total $782
I don't really know where I could have saved $ without compromising. Perhaps i3 10100 but I think this system is better for upgradeability. Not many late 2nd hand components.
My son took a whole day to build his 1st pc. With this one he only took about 1hr.
Condolences my friend this was a nice way to remember him I am sure for everybody involved.
Best way to start a sad event is with another happy one.
He is definitely going to be watching him from heaven I hope the family knows that his passing does not have to be a sad one but condolences nonetheless.
As for doing better on the build it is a pretty good one.
You could have gotten higher to the AMD RX 580 for $30 more + delivery getting about 25-30% more fps or with a NVIDIA 1060 3GB for $30 less plus delivery but still 10-20% more fps vs the 1650 but honestly the 1650 is a good choice it is not bad.
if you go through some past video card deals you can see that they usually hover around that price
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/tag/video-card
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/tag/video-card?page=2
etc
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/586124 RX 580 $229
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/583044 GTX 1060 SC Gaming 3GB $169 + Delivery
For around $799 + delivery this deal was pretty close to yours about a month ago
it doesnt have a wireless network adapter and it had only 240GB storage which is less than your 500GB and slower ram but same size at 16gb - but it had a better cpu R5 3500X and a better gpu 1660 Super 6GB for just an extra $17 + delivery
always worth a gamble to message luke to see if he can do a special for you on expired or sold deals because you never know somebody might have returned one or someone might have missed an extra pre built pc left around somewhere there is always a chance
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/580916
anyways best of luck to you and sorry for your loss happy holidays take care and stay well