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According to the Wealth by Level table, a 7th level character should have 23,500 gp if PC, 4,650 gp if NPC, or 6,000 gp if Heroic NPC. Since you seem particularly attached to this character, I would say he won't be less than a Heroic NPC, so I will assume a budget of 6k.
Being a tank, the best non-magical item I can think of is an adamantine full-plate, which should cost 16.5k. Being a Dwarf, it wouldn't be out of character if he had blacksmithing experience. Give him full ranks in Craft(Armor) and assume he crafted the armor himself at 1/3 of the price (5.5k)
This leaves you with 500gp you can spend in a masterwork weapon and other kinds of basic equip. Unfortunately an adamantine weapon costs ~3k, which means that even if the Dwarf crafted it himself via Craft(Weapon) at 1/3 of the price, he would still be 500gp short. In this case, you might want to give him a trait to boost his cash (for example Noble Born), or just hand-waive it.
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Ok, this leaves room to more options. How strong is his aversion to magical items? Because at first it seemed quite deep, but then you said he is ok with non-flashy magical items.
I would first invest in special materials: a self-crafted adamantine full-plate, living steel heavy shield and adamantine weapon would cost about ~6.5k (or ~20k if bought, which pretty much eats all the budget).
If the Dwarf crafts the previous items himself, throw in at least a +4 ability boost belt/headband and that's 16k (as I assume the character would be OK crafting mundane weapons and wearing basic magical items, but definitely not crafting magical items himself).
This already puts you at ~22.5k, with 1k to spare for basic equip.