If you’re on a budget, I would suggest Mac of All Trades and Discount Electronics. They have refurbished apple products at discounted prices. Discoune Electronics also has Windows computers. Source: about 1 year ago

One last note, I bought a MacBook Air from 2015 last year on clearance for $195 from this place. The battery is great and the only issue it had was some dings and a USB port working intermittently. Otherwise it does absolutely everything I need and is a delight to use. Buy yourself something used -- certified/refurbished, if you can -- and you'll eventually be in a position to buy yourself exactly what you want or... Source: over 1 year ago

Hey, you can get a good refurbished model from https://macofalltrades.com I bought from them. Source: over 1 year ago

You don't need anything super powerful honestly. I made the transition from Windows to Mac about halfway through my degree and thought it was way better because it's lightweight/battery life/lasted longer than my HP but you'll be fine either way. MacOS is more similar to Linux, which a lot of programmers end up using professionally. A price range would help make a precise recommendation though. macofalltrades.com... Source: over 1 year ago

You could look at macofalltrades.com or such for an older 13" MB Air. See if you can keep it to 2014 (supports Big Sur) or 2015 (supports Monterey). That could get her by for a year or two. Source: over 1 year ago

Https://pangoly.com/en/ this site is the best for pricing up parts you may want but if your going to want a decent pc id say rtx 3070 32gb ram as your budget so around £1300. Source: about 1 year ago

I use this site Compatibility site to check if a PC part is compatible with another. Just search for your motherboard from the top right and there is a compatibility tab, where you can select GPU and search for a particular one. If it comes up then it is compatible. Source: over 1 year ago

Https://pangoly.com/en/ is pretty good to determine which RAM to get and they link it to where you can get it, like pcpartpicker (select your country at the top). Just select the motherboard and under combability drop down, select memory. Make sure you have QVL filter on and select the right CPU family. I usually search 2x16GB and RAM speed (ie 3600) to see what there is. Source: over 1 year ago

This is the items you've wanted with specifics. It's up to you to decide if you still want ASUS ROG as your motherboard. You can refer to this site to check all ASUS ROG motherboards (B660 and Z690) that supports Intel processor. Source: almost 2 years ago

However when I searched to see if they were compatible before hand https://pangoly.com/en/ says they are. Source: about 2 years ago