I can't say that I'm experienced but I've been brewing for about a year and was in your shoes about a year ago. I made some purchases I was happy with and others I might have changed. The hard part is anticipating where you plan to take your hobby. For about a hundred bucks you can get all new gear with enough to make tasty beer at your house. I spent about 400 on my first setup and even in just a year I've already changed a few things based on what I learned about where I want to head.
Every basic kit is going to have a fermenting bucket, hydrometer, thermometer, carboy, racking cane, and airlocks. All critical (although I own several thermometers now).
I bought a brew pot from my LHB and I wish I had waited for that. It's a nice pot, but it won't scale up with me. I want a pot with a valve, thermometers, etc, and due to the pot style I'm going to have to start over. If I had it to do over again I'd have bought a $20 pot from Wally World and waited until I knew what I wanted.
Assuming you are bottling, buy the bottling bucket. It makes life easier. The hand capper I bought was the cheapest they had but it works great. One of the most fun parts of getting started was trying to quickly empty a bunch of bottles
My LHB recommended and supplied oxy clean for everything. While it works great, I think star San is easier to use and more cost effective in the long run. I keep a bucket of it mixed up always and a spray bottle on hand.
Get a wine thief. It helps keep your hydrometer measurements more consistent.
Since my original investment I've now built an igloo mash tun and about to add a wort chiller so I can move up to all grain. I have a bunch more buckets ... Between bottle washing etc I can never seem to have enough. I acquired an old freezer that I now use for temp controlled fermentation. After the all grain move I'm going do a keezer conversion and move to kegs. I find that I seem to add a new element each time I brew.
You brewing indoors or outside ? Plan that into your equation.
All that is to say that my recommendation is to start with the minimum and hold some of your money back until you know what you really want. Everybody is a little different and there's no right or wrong answer.
I haven't made a beer yet that wasn't drinkable and "above average " when compared to commercial brews and I've had a couple that were downright fantastic. That doesn't mean I'm a great homebrewer btw ... It just means that it's not as hard as you'd think to make a good beer.
Welcome to a great hobby!