I am an IT personal at a high school. One of the teachers has a Computer Networking and Hardware class. We are looking for general recommendations for components. The students of the class will be selecting the parts and assembling the computer(s) ultimately, so parts lists are not necessarily the best. This will be a relatively low budget build, and I am more familiar with higher end components.
The primary objective right now is to figure out what a reasonable budget is, and then get approval to spend the money.
Approximate budget is probably $300-$500 USD.
Assume this is only for core computer components, not peripherals or software.
A graphics card is going to be considered "nice to have/luxury" in this case since the prices are so high these days.
Thanks everyone.