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It depends on what your spouse does with the system. If they just use a web browser, then sure, they probably won't notice. If they do anything that consumes a noticeable amount of CPU, the i5-9500 has a CPU Mark that's over double the i5-6500T...

Used business-grade systems are different to used consumer-grade systems though. Business systems are designed to last - some businesses use them in production for a very long time, and if a particular brand fails early, the businesses will switch to a different brand.

$170 for a small i5-6500T system isn't really that good of a deal. You can usually find better deals on eBay compared to Amazon, as a lot of the ex-office PCs end up there, particularly at the end of the year when companies have to use all their remaining IT budget. For the same price, you can...