Please reccommend me a cheap cpu which will last a long time for under $150

RagBagRover

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Basically, i recently built my first gaming pc and it turned out really well and i really enjoyed the whole prcoess of building it. My mum is now in desperate need of a pc and i enjoyed building mine so much i want to build one for her as i want to learn even more about building computers and so this time im going to be using a micro ATX case. she wont be doing anything very straining to the pc apart from transfering all the family photos we have for the past 20 years and so i was wondering if someone could recommend me a processor for under $150 which will last at least 4 years (keeping in mind im not going to be overclocking) Thanks
 

TheDualshock

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If you have an AM3+ motherboard, you could go with the FX-6300, it's plenty fast for what she will be doing and you won't need to upgrade for awhile with it. There's always the Intel alternatives such as their i3 and Pentium series.