Which socket and cpu for budget project for my wife?

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Hi I'm looking to start a little project for my wife so she has her own pc.

Her uses are:

Web surfing
Youtube
Office

It needs to be itx based system and won't have any add in video card. It will have a single SSD running Windows 10 with 8gb of ram.

I'm thinking a i3 would be ideal for this as not too slow but also not overkill.

Would a i3 3220 be good value used along with suitable motherboard or should I be looking at newer platforms?

 

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Thanks guys ive never built an AMD system so interested in going that way.

Which AM1 CPUs should I be looking at?

The Athlon 5350 2.05GHz Quad Core Processor seems ok.

The project im planning is to mod the PC into a vintage radio so although a NUC or similar would be easy I would rather put abit more effort into it.

 

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Ok so little update I managed to get a i3-2120 for £25 and 256GB SSD for £40.

I hope to get a itx mobo for around £40.

I have some basic ram and a Pico style PSU already so mostly got all the parts needed apart from a low profile CPU cooler.

Thanks for all the advice but in the end a 2nd hand intel system still made more sense.